Frontmatter -- Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Role of the International Banker -- Part One. The Historical Narrative -- II. Growth and Expansion -- III. New Strategies -- IV. Specializing in Finance -- V. The Mature Firm -- Part Two. The Functional...

This paper focuses on the activities of the Seligman investment banking firm during an intense six-week period following the outbreak of the panic of 1873 in New York City. Because of their conservative business strategies, the partners did not experience any genuinely serious financial stress....

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- I. Population and Economic Growth -- II. Foreign Trade -- SECTION ONE: Occupational Groups -- Introduction -- III. Farmers and Planters -- IV. Indentured Servants and Slaves -- V. Artisans and Merchants -- VI. Women in the Colonial Economy -- SECTION TWO:...