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Follow the Money: The Return of Finance in the Early Republic
- Journal of the Early Republic
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 36, Number 4, Winter 2016
- pp. 783-804
- 10.1353/jer.2016.0068
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The recent resurgence of interest in economic and business history -- popularly known as the new “history of capitalism” -- has prompted many American historians to revisit subjects long neglected in their particular subfields. Much of this new work has focused on a particular dimension of capitalism: finance. For historians of the early American republic, the history of finance has been especially neglected. This article examines why these subjects have generally escaped attention, and offers a theoretical framework for understanding finance during this period. Finally, it offers a detailed roadmap to new avenues for research into a range of promising, if little-studied, topics.