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The South Sea Bubble and Ireland : Money, Banking and Investment, 1690-1721 /
A study of the first great global stock market crash and and its impact on the peripheries of the British state. In late September 1720 the South Sea bubble burst. The collapse of the South Sea Company's share price caused the first great British stock market crash, the repercussions of which w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; Preface; List of Plates, Figures and Tables; Editorial Note; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Varieties of Innovation: Ireland, Scotland and the Financial Revolution 1688-1720; 2. Banking and Investment on the Periphery: The Case of Ireland; 3. Investment from the Periphery: Irish Investors in the South Sea Company in Comparative and Transnational Perspective; 4. 'Most of Our Money of This Kingdom is gone over to the South Sea': Irish Investors and the South Sea Company; 5. 'Nothing here but Misery'? The Economic Impact of the South Sea Bubble on Ireland.
- 6. 'A Thing They Call a Bank': Irish Projects in the South Sea Year7. The Proposals for a National Bank and the Irish Investment Community in 1720; 8. 'A Strong Presumption That This Bank May be a Bubble': Misreading the Bubble and the Bank of Ireland Debates, 1721; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.