Paul Kahan on "The Bank War"

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In The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance, historian Paul Kahan explores one of the most important and dramatic events in American political and economic history, from the idea of centralized banking and the First Bank of the United States to Jackson’s triumph, the era of “free banking” and the creation of the Federal Reserve System. Relying on a range of primary and secondary source material, the book also shows how the Bank War was a manifestation of the debates that were sparked at the Constitutional Convention—the role of the executive branch and the role of the federal government in American society—debates that endure to this day as philosophical differences that often divide the United States.

Paul Kahan has written numerous books, including Eastern State Penitentiary: A History and The Homestead Strike: Labor, Violence, and American Industry. Dr. Kahan teaches history at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. 

Talk will be followed by Q&A and book signing. $5 tickets include Museum admission; members and students free. Feel free to bring your lunch. Tickets here.

Friday, June 3, 2016 | 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE
48 Wall Street 
Tel: 212.908.4110, moaf.org