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Author:   Patrick Walsh
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9781843839309

ISBN 10:   184383930
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   17 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Varieties of Innovation: Ireland, Scotland and the Financial Revolution 1688 - 1720 Banking and Investment on the Periphery: The Case of Ireland Investment from the Periphery: Irish Investors in the South Sea Company in Comparative and Transnational Perspective 'Most of Our Money of This Kingdom is gone over to the South Sea': Irish Investors and the South Sea Company 'Nothing here but Misery'? The Economic Impact of the South Sea Bubble on Ireland 'A Thing They Call a Bank': Irish Projects in the South Sea Year The Proposals for a National Bank and the Irish Investment Community in 1720 'A Strong Presumption That This Bank May be a Bubble': Misreading the Bubble and the Bank of Ireland Debates, 1721 Conclusion

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A well written, interesting book that deserves to be read. (It) adds much to our understanding of early modern financialisation and surprising new dimensions to the story of the South Sea Bubble. PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY Thoroughly-researched and welcome....(An) informative and thought provoking book. STUDIA HIBERNICA Walsh's admirable book forms part of an interesting and important new body of work . . . that addresses the financial revolution as an episode in the imperial history of four nations, complicating and challenging our understanding of the interaction between the state, public credit, and the emergence of Atlantic capitalism. JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORYBRte, public credit, and the emergence of Atlantic capitalism. JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORYBR> A

A fascinating book of meticulous scholarship that greatly adds to Irish financial history. IRISH TIMES

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