The Value of a Dollar: 1600-1865
The Value of a Dollar: 1600-1865
Editor: Grey House Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Publisher: Grey House Publishing
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-59237-094-8
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Economics
Image Count:
79
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Value of a Dollar 1600-1865 is for both the user who simply wants to know what life was like for early Americans to the serious historical researcher. This fascinating survey will serve a wide range of research needs and will be useful in all high school, public and academic library reference collections.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 1600-1749: The Development of the Colonies
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Slave Trades
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Chapter 2 1750-1774: The Run up to the War of American Independence
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Slave Trades
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Chapter 3 1775-1799: The Revolution Births a Debt-Plagued Nation
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Slave Trades
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Chapter 4 1800-1824: Another War, Manufacturing, Self-Sufficiency and Prosperity
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Slave Trades
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Chapter 5 1825-1849: Western Expansion, Canal Transportation and American Confidence
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Chapter 6 1850-1865: Railroads, Slavery and a Nation at War with Itself
- Historical Snapshots
- Currency
- Selected Incomes
- Services & Fees
- Financial Rates & Exchanges
- Commodities
- Selected Prices
- Miscellany
- Bibliography