Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 9
Ⅱ. THE BEGINNINGS OF BANKING THEORY IN GREAT BRITAIN 13
Ⅲ. THE PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH OF ENGLISH COUNTRY BANKING, 1750-97 21
Ⅳ. THE PERIOD OF THE RESTRICTION, 1797-1821 42
Ⅴ. EARLY AMERICAN WRERS 61
Ⅵ. BRITISH OPINION FROM 1821 TO 1860: THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE CURRENCY AND THE BANKING SCHOOLS 74
Ⅶ. BRITISH OPINION FROM 1821 TO 1860—Continued 101
Ⅷ. THE FORTY YEARS PRECEDING THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES 125
Ⅸ. THE FORTY YEARS PRECEDING THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES—Continued 151
Ⅹ. ENGLISH THEORIES AFTER 1860 178
Ⅺ. AGATION FOR BANKING REFORM IN THE UNED STATES, 1860-1913 198
Ⅻ. AGITATION FOR BANKING REFORM: THE PROBLEM OF ELASTICITY 223
ⅩⅢ. A BRIEF SURVEY OF BANKING LERATURE SINCE 1913 257
BIBLIOGRAPHY 288
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 309
INDEX OF NAMES 312