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03823aam a22005538i 4500 001 85C091444C9C11EAA62F6FF696128E48 003 SILO 005 20200211010143 008 191003s2020 nyuaf e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019034040 020 $a 1250164761 020 $a 9781250164766 035 $a (OCoLC)1097576155 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d RNL $d GO4 $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HC104 $b .S53 2020 082 00 $a 973.3/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Shachtman, Tom, $d 1942- $e author. 245 14 $a The founding fortunes : $b how the wealthy paid for and profited from America's revolution / $c Tom Shachtman. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2001 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xi, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman offers an in-depth look at a time when money became as vital as guns in securing victory on the Revolutionary War's battlefields, and how some of America's wealthiest men risked their fortunes to aid the new country even as they reaped benefits from its independence. While history teaches that successful revolutions depend on participation by the common man, the establishment of a stable and independent United States first required wealthy colonials uniting to disrupt the very system that had enriched them, and then funding a very long war. While some fortunes were made during the war at the expense of the poor, many of the wealthy embraced the goal of obtaining for their poorer countrymen an unprecedented equality of opportunity, along with independence. Tom Shachtman tells this story through tracing the lives of a dozen men who made and lost fortunes, and deeply affected the finances of the new country. In addition to nuanced views of the well-known wealthy such as Robert Morris and John Hancock, and of the less wealthy but influential Alexander Hamilton, The Founding Fortunes offers insight into the contributions of those often overlooked by popular history: Henry Laurens, the plantation owner who replaced Hancock as President of Congress; pioneering businessmen William Bingham, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Stephen Girard; privateer magnate Elias Hasket Derby; and Hamilton's successors at Treasury, Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and Albert Gallatin. Revelatory and insightful, The Founding Fortunes provides a riveting history of economic patriotism that still resonates today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y To 1865. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Finance. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Finance. 650 0 $a Businesspeople $x History $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Rich people $x History $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 611 27 $a American Revolution (1775-1783) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351668 650 7 $a Businesspeople $x Political activity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00842994 650 7 $a Commerce. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869279 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Finance. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00924349 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a To 1865 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 7 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015249.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409034558.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317031647.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201217010417.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200702012655.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200314010336.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200303015009.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=85C091444C9C11EAA62F6FF696128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search