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Robert E. Wright, The Wealth of
Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial
Markets, 1780-1850 (New York:
Cambridge University
Press, 2002).
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Review blurbs:
"Bold and provocative. Wright is surely correct." -- Journal of
American History
"The book admirably combines sections based on primary research into
a variety of sources with sections that embody up-to-date synthesis of the
financial history literature." -- History Review
"Wright employs a staggering array of sources. From these he has
extracted a wealth of data from which to build a convincing case." -- Journal
of Interdisciplinary History
"Wright's evidence is quite persuasive that dramatic changes in finance
occurred soon after the founding of the United
States." -- Social Science Journal
"The book is riddled with original financial data and important
insights into the contribution of financial markets to capitalist
growth in the early 19th century US." -- Review of Political Economy
"Wright's book, while modest in length, is big on ideas, and contains a
wealth of new information. Vivid and entertaining." -- The Economic
Journal
"This is a valuable study." -- Journal of American Studies
"Wright's series of microstudies will soon become part of the
lectures of many professors of American economic and political history."
-- Business History Review
"Impressively researched and closely argued." -- American
Historical Review
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