Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. APPENDICES xv
4. CHARTS xvi
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xvii
6. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION xix
7. AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxiii
8. CHRONOLOGY xxv
9. CHAPTER I. A PROLOGUE TO BANKING IN THE NORTHWEST 1
10. CHAPTER II. A HISTORY OF BANKING IN THE NORTHWEST DURING THE PERIOD OF SETTLEMENT 1851–1915 22
11. CHAPTER III. COUNTRY BANKING AND AGRICULTURAL INFLATION, 1915–1920 57
12. CHAPTER IV. AGRICULTURAL DEFLATION 1920–1929 82
13. CHAPTER V. THE GREAT BANKS ASSUME METROPOLITAN RESPONSIBILITY AS SMALL BANKS FAIL 1920–1929 106
14. CHAPTER VI. FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE TWIN CITIES, ABOUT 1928 124
15. CHAPTER VII. THE NEW ERA, 1920–1929 146
16. CHAPTER VIII. METROPOLITAN CONCENTRATION AT BAY 1920–1930 158
17. CHAPTER IX. ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST BANCORPORATION, 1928–1931 174
18. CHAPTER X. ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST BANK STOCK CORPORATION 1929–1931 210
19. CHAPTER XI. THE LIQUIDATION OF THE NEW ERA 1929–1935 238
20. CHAPTER XII. THE BANCORPORATION RIDES THE STORM 1929–1934 260
21. CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF FIRST BANK STOCK 1929–1935 282
22. CHAPTER XIV. CONVALESCENCE OF NORTHWEST BANKS 1935–1940 300
23. CHAPTER XV. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF BANKING IN THE NORTHWEST 321
24. APPENDICES 343
25. NOTES AND REFERENCES 367
26. INDEX 395