Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. I. LEGISLATIVE RELIEF IN THE ECONOMIC EMERGENCY OF THE 1820’S 1
5. II. THE BANK OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI 18
6. III. STATE POLICY TOWARD CORPORATIONS, 1820–1847 32
7. IV. STATE AND CORPORATION, 1848–1860 53
8. V. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, 1820–1846 73
9. VI. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, 1847–1860 92
10. VII. AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR POLICY 114
11. VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF STATE ACTION IN MISSOURI 124
12. NOTES 129
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 159
14. INDEX 165