Robert E. Wright, Origins of Commercial Banking in America,
1750-1800 (Lanham, Md.:
Rowman and Littlefield, 2001).
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Review blurbs:
"Wright has written a highly original book that merits our
attention." -- Eh.net
"This is a very useful study of early mercantile practice and the
origins of commercial banking." -- Journal of American History
"Wright carefully recounts the political battles between rising middling
entrepreneurs and established commercial interests." -- Enterprise
and Society
"The many useful facts and characterizations of early American banking
make this book a significant contribution." -- Journal of Economic
History
"Wright has presented a significant discussion of the role and
activities of early American banks, the role of the Revolution in challenging
traditional methods of commercial exchange and investment, and the emergence
of a stable commercial banking system from this struggle." -- Journal
of American History
"His extensive archival and second research enables Wright to paint a
penetrating portrait of the development of commercial banks and demonstrate
that their appearance played a central role in the economic and social
changes that swept Revolutionary America." -- Business History Review
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