New York City Mutual Savings Banks, 1819-1861 by Alan L. Olmstead

New York City Mutual Savings Banks, 1819-1861

Alan L. Olmstead

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nonfiction business history
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These institutions were founded ostensibly for philanthropic purposes--to encourage and reward thrift on the part of society's lower classes. For purposes of analysis, Olmstead formulates an alternative hypothesis. Men organized mutuals for the sa...

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