In this extraordinary monograph, Constable chronicles the month-to-month, quarter-to-quarter cash transactions and other business between the Rothschild ownership and their agents in Sacramento, Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann. Presents a case study embracing both the macroeconomics of the California Gold Rush vis-a-vis international finance, and the microeconomics of the day-to-day issues of credit, cash exchange, wealth transference, insurance, and risk between 1851 and 1852. These kinds of records have disappeared in California, given the flooding and fire that destroyed Sacramento and San Francisco during this time. This rare treasure trove was found on the European side of the exchange. Illus.
| ISBN: | 9781606180549 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2024 |
| Author: | Giles Constable |
| Publisher: | American Philosophical Society an imprint of American Philosophical Society Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 130 pages |
| Series: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Local history |
In this extraordinary monograph, Constable chronicles the month-to-month, quarter-to-quarter cash transactions and other business between the Rothschild ownership and their agents in Sacramento, Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann. Presents a case study embracing both the macroeconomics of the California Gold Rush vis-a-vis international finance, and the microeconomics of the day-to-day issues of credit, cash exchange, wealth transference, insurance, and risk between 1851 and 1852. These kinds of records have disappeared in California, given the flooding and fire that destroyed Sacramento and San Francisco during this time. This rare treasure trove was found on the European side of the exchange. Illus.
The Rothschilds and the Gold Rush features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Local history
The Rothschilds and the Gold Rush is available in Paperback
The Rothschilds and the Gold Rush was written by Giles Constable and published by American Philosophical Society an imprint of American Philosophical Society Press
The Rothschilds and the Gold Rush has 130 pages