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The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Larry Neal
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Series | Studies in Macroeconomic History |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:292 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Economic history Finance |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521457385
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Classifications | Dewey:332 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
37 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified; 44 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
26 November 1993 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This work establishes the existence of a sophisticated and smoothly functioning system of financial markets in the mercantile states of northwestern Europe throughout the 1700s. Based on computer analysis of thousands of price quotes from the financial press of the eighteenth century, the results should force both historians and economists to reevaluate their understanding of the evolution of financial markets and their importance for the economic developments of that era.
Reviews'Everything one would expect from the culmination of a 15-year research project by one of America's leading economic historians of Europe.' The Journal of Economic History 'In bringing capital market operations into new focus, Neal has brought new life to an old debate and has produced a book that deserves to be widely read and discussed.' Times Higher Education Supplement
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