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