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Neal, Larry. The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase: European Bankers, the US, and the Rise of International Finance

Farley Grubb

University of Delaware

Journal of Economic Literature 2025

Farley Grubb of University of Delaware reviews “The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase: European Bankers, the US, and the Rise of International Finance” by Larry Neal. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines the financial details of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, focusing on the role played by key actors and companies in bringing about financial innovation and facilitating a transaction that doubled the size of the original United States and helped set the country on a path to global power.”

DOI
10.1257/jel.63.2.693.r6
Volume
63 (2)
Pages
703-704
Language
en
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