Bankers and empire, how Wall Street colonized the Caribbean, Peter James Hudson
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Bankers and empire, how Wall Street colonized the Caribbean, Peter James Hudson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-343) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bankers and empire
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
958779835
Responsibility statement
Peter James Hudson
Sub title
how Wall Street colonized the Caribbean
Summary
"From the end of the nineteenth century until the onset of the Great Depression, Wall Street embarked on a stunning, unprecedented, and often bloody period of international expansion in the Caribbean. The precursors to institutions like Citibank and JPMorgan Chase, as well as a host of long-gone and lesser-known financial entities, sought to push out their European rivals so that they could control banking, trade, and finance in the region. In the process, they not only trampled local sovereignty, grappled with domestic banking regulation, and backed US imperialism but they set the model for bad behavior by banks, visible still today. In Bankers and Empire, Peter James Hudson tells the provocative story of this period, taking a close look at both the institutions and individuals who defined this era of American capitalism in the West Indies. Whether in Wall Street minstrel shows or in dubious practices across the Caribbean, the behavior of the banks was deeply conditioned by bankers racial views and prejudices. Drawing deeply on a broad range of sources, Hudson reveals that the banks experimental practices and projects in the Caribbean often led to embarrassing failure, and eventually literal erasure from the archives. Bankers and Empire is a groundbreaking book, one which will force readers to think anew about the relationship between capitalism and race" -- Publisher's description
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Dark finance -- Colonial methods -- Rogue bankers -- Financial occupations -- Foreign regulation -- American expansion -- Imperial government -- Odious debt -- Racial capitalism
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How Wall Street colonized the Caribbean
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- Economic history
- Branch banks -- Caribbean Area -- History
- Capitalism
- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Racism + Economic aspects
- Banks and banking -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Imperialism + Economic aspects
- Capitalism -- United States
- Caribbean Area -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
- Racism + Economic aspects -- United States
- Imperialism + Economic aspects -- United States
- Caribbean Area
- United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Caribbean Area
- International economic relations
- United States
- Banks and banking
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Branch banks
- Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- Economic history
- Branch banks -- Caribbean Area -- History
- Capitalism
- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Racism + Economic aspects
- Banks and banking -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Imperialism + Economic aspects
- Capitalism -- United States
- Caribbean Area -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
- Racism + Economic aspects -- United States
- Imperialism + Economic aspects -- United States
- Caribbean Area
- United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Caribbean Area
- International economic relations
- United States
- Banks and banking
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Branch banks
- Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Content1
- Author1
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