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UNINA9910459461403321 |
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Autore |
Paul Helen J. <1975-, > |
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Titolo |
The South Sea Bubble : an economic history of its origins and consequences / / Helen J. Paul |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-90310-0 |
1-136-90311-9 |
1-282-88233-3 |
9786612882333 |
0-203-84206-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge explorations in economic history The South Sea Bubble |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720 |
Financial crises - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Finance - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-148) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Timeline; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The stock market in early modern England; 3 Politics, warfare and finance; 4 Financial innovation and trade; 5 The Bubble and the crash; 6 Reasons to invest in the South Sea Company; 7 Criticism and financial complexity; 8 The social history of the crash; 9 The real effects of the crash; 10 Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book is an economic history of the South Sea Bubble. It combines economic theory and quantitative analysis with historical evidence in order to provide a rounded account. It brings together scholarship from a variety of different fields to update the existing historical work on the Bubble. Up until now, economic history research has not been integrated into mainstream histories of 1720. Technical work on share prices and ledgers has been inaccessible to a wider audience. As well as providing new evidence against the gambling mania argument, the book also interprets the existing economic |
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