Casualties of Credit : : The English Financial Revolution, 1620-1720 /

Casualties of Credit : : The English Financial Revolution, 1620-1720 / / Carl Wennerlind.

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Modern credit, developed during the financial revolution of 1620¬-1720, laid the foundation for England's political, military, and economic dominance in the eighteenth century. Possessed of a generally circulating credit currency, a modern national debt, and sophisticated financial markets, Eng...

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Wennerlind, Carl,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author's Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • I. Alchemy and Credit
  • 1. Th e Scarcity of Money Problem and the Birth of English Political Economy
  • 2. The Alchemical Foundations of Credit
  • II. Death Penalty and Credit
  • 3. The Epistemology of Credit
  • 4. Capital Punishment in Defense of Credit
  • III. Slavery and Credit
  • 5. Public Credit and the Public Sphere
  • 6. The South Sea Company and the Restoration of Public Credit
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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