''Banks and Politics in America'' (1957) () is a book by

Bray Hammond Bray Hammond (November 20, 1886 – July 20, 1968) was an American financial historian and assistant secretary to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1944–1950. He won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize ...

, which describes the differences in banking and politics in the United States between the

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and the

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period. The book was awarded the 1958

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

.Bray Hammond
Authored books. Retrieved 2007-11-24

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