Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Table of Contents 11
4. I. The Post-Revolutionary Period 17
5. II. The 1812 Period 36
6. III. Short Term Financing and the Resulting Security Features (1837–1857) 57
7. IV. Civil War Financing: Conditioning Facts and Theories 74
8. V. Civil War: Special Financing Devices Receivability 89
9. VI. From the Civil War to 1917 118
10. VII. Adjustment in the Financial Structure 129
11. VIII. The First Liberty Loan 146
12. IX.The Second Liberty Loan 155
13. X. The Third Liberty Loan 167
14. XI. Fourth Liberty Loan 176
15. XII. The Victory (Fifth) Loan 185
16. XIII. Significant Post-War Developments 193
17. XIV. Summary and Conclusion 208
18. Footnotes for Tables 241
19. Sources 254
20. Index 257