Author: New York State Library (Albany, NY)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Annual report
Author: New York State Library (Albany, NY)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The Investment Frontier
Author: John D. HaegerPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873955300
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The American West did not grow in isolation from the East. On the contrary, New York financiers and other eastern entrepreneurs were crucial to America's western economic development, providing the necessary capital and expertise to transform the West into a productive part of the nation's economy. This thesis is powerfully demonstrated by John Denis Haeger in this study concerning the "Old Northwest" (the present-day states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) during the years 1815-1840. The result of years of research in manuscript collections and government documents, the book provides a comprehensive picture of early land speculators, examining their investments in farm lands, town lots, banks and transportation improvements, as well as their influence on western businessmen and institutions. It also explores their political and economic affairs on the East Coast, since these matters dramatically affected the scope of their western investments. Historians' generalizations about nonresident investors or eastern speculators have previously assumed a common type and business method when, in fact, easterners possessed varying economic goals and utilized different business strategies. To demonstrate this, Haeger compares and contrasts the promoter Charles Butler and the conservative speculators Isaac and Arthur Bronson, key figures among New York's financial elite, whose careers and strategies are for the first time described in detail. The activities of these investment pioneers, whose "every move was calculated to return profits," challenge the traditional images of westward expansion as a largely unplanned and spontaneous movement of people and capital.
Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Library
Author: New York State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Annual Report of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the Year Ending ...
Author: Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Annual Report of the Auditor of the State of Ohio for the Fiscal Year Ending ...
Author: Ohio. Auditor of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book ShopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382306190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Ohio State Library
Author: Ohio State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Annual Report of the Attorney General
Author: Ohio. Attorney General's OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Ohio. Board of Bank CommissionersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description