The House of Baring in American Trade and Finance: English Merchant Bankers at Work, 1763-1861 (Harvard Studies in Business History, 14)

CONTENTS EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS PART ONE EXPANDING INTEREST IN AMERICA CHAPTER I THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF BARING, 1717-1793 CHAPTER II OPERATIONS IN WARTIME, 1793-1815 CHAPTER III A SHIFT TOWARD AMERICA, 1815-1828 PART TWO DOMINANT INTEREST IN AMERICA CHAPTER IV INNOVATION AND EXPANSION, 1828-1832 CHAPTER V THE SYSTEM OF THE BARINGS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, 1828-1832 CHAPTER VI ANTICIPATING A RECESSION, 1832-1834 CHAPTER VII MAINTAINING BALANCE IN A BOOM, 1834-1836 CHAPTER VIII THE YEAR OF THE LOCUSTS, 1836-1837 CHAPTER IX FOLLOWING A MIRAGE, 1837-1839 CHAPTER Χ FOURLEAN YEARS, 1839-1842 PART THREE RELATIVE DECLINE IN AMERICAN INTEREST CHAPTER XI RESOLVING DEFAULT AND REPUDIATION, 1842-1848 CHAPTER XII RECOVERING A N D RECOUPING, 1842-1848 CHAPTER XIII THROUGH CRISIS, REVOLUTION, AND WAR, 1847-1848 CHAPTER XIV NEW DEPARTURES, 1848-1852 CHAPTER XV NO BOOM FOR THE BARINGS, 1852-1857 CHAPTER XVI APPROACHING THE IMPENDING CONFLICT, 1857-1861 EPILOGUE NOTES AND REFERENCES INDEX