Banking in the American West: From the Gold Rush to Deregulation [Hardcover]

Lynne Pierson, Ph.D. Doti (Author), Larry Schweikart (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr; First Edition edition (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806123737
• ISBN-13: 978-0806123738
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,230,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Lynne Pierson Doti, the David and Sandra Stone Professor of Economics at Chapman University, has taught at Chapman University since 1971. She became interested in the role of entrepreneurs as director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Ethics where she met a number of the successful business owners in Orange County, California. In 2006 she helped organize Plaza Bank, Irvine and served on its board of directors.

Lynne is the author of Banking in an Unregulated Environment: California 1878 - 1905 and co-author with Larry Schweikart of California Bankers, Banking in the American West and American Entrepreneur. She has also written about 25 articles on banking, using history as a laboratory to test theories of branching, structure and regulation and served as the editor of Essays in Economic and Business History, an academic journal.