Boom, bust, and beyond new perspectives on the 1720 stock market bubble
Few financial crises, historically speaking, have attracted such attention as the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles of 1719?20. The twin bubbles had major economic and political implications, sending shock waves through the whole of Europe; they astonished contemporaries, and, to a large extent, the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
[2019]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46091774*spi |
| Sumario: | Few financial crises, historically speaking, have attracted such attention as the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles of 1719?20. The twin bubbles had major economic and political implications, sending shock waves through the whole of Europe; they astonished contemporaries, and, to a large extent, they still resonate today. This volume offers new readings of these events, drawing on fresh research and new evidence that challenge traditional interpretations. The chapters engage, in particular, with: the geographical frame of the 1719-20 bubbles their social, cultural, economic and political impact the ways in which contemporaries understood speculation the contributions and impact of a diverse array of participants popular and print memorialization of the events Overall, the volume helps to rewrite the history of the 1719?20 bubbles and to recontextualize their place within eighteenth-century history. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (363 páginas) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 333-346). |
| ISBN: | 9783110592139 9783110590715 |
