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States of credit : size, power, and the development of European polities /
States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain Euro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access to credit, but the emergence of an active form of political representation itself depended on two underlying factors: compact geography and a strong mercantile presence. Stasavage shows that active representative assemblies were more likely to be s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400838875 1400838878 |