Bankers and Bolsheviks : : International Finance and the Russian Revolution / / Hassan Malik.

Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the worst sovereign default in history. Bankers and Bolsheviks tells the dramatic story of this boom and bust, chronicling the forgotten experiences of leading financiers of the age.Shedding critical...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Dates, Transliteration and Abbreviations
  • 1. Fault Lines: The Witte System and Missed Opportunities
  • 2. The Loan That Saved Russia? Reassessing the 5 Percent Russian Government Loan of 1906
  • 3. The Interrevolutionary Recovery and Rally
  • 4. Investing in the Revolution
  • 5. Revolutionary Default
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Rethinking Sovereign Default Rankings
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index