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Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History
How the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Shaped the Laws of Business from 1822 to 1929
Authors: Hansen, B.
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- About this book
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This book examines the history of the first trust company, the Farmers Loan and Trust, and its influence on the evolution of corporate law, regulation, and taxation.
- About the authors
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Bradley A. Hansen is Associate Professor intheDepartment of Economics at the University of Mary Washington.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction: The Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company as an Institutional Entrepreneur
Pages 1-10
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The First Trust Company
Pages 13-37
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Vexatious Lawsuits and the Path to Railroad Finance
Pages 39-67
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The Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company and the Evolution of Corporate Finance
Pages 69-92
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Corporate Reorganization
Pages 95-128
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History
- Book Subtitle
- How the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Shaped the Laws of Business from 1822 to 1929
- Authors
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- B. Hansen
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Bradley A. Hansen
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-61913-5
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230619135
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-60392-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-37196-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 227
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