THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH FINANCIAL MARKETS by Anne L. Murphy ( 9780521519946 )

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Title:

THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH FINANCIAL MARKETS
INVESTMENT AND SPECULATION BEFORE THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE

By:

Anne L. Murphy

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Hardback

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0521519942

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9780521519946

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series

Pages:

298

Description:

A history of the development of public and private investment during the formative period of English financial history.

Synopsis:

The late seventeenth century was a crucial period in English financial history. A host of joint-stock companies emerged offering the opportunity for investment in projects ranging from the manufacture of paper to the search for sunken treasure. Driven by the demands of the Nine Years' War, the state also employed innovative tactics to attract money, its most famous scheme being the incorporation of the Bank of England. This book provides a comprehensive study of the choices and actions of the investors who enthusiastically embraced London's new financial market. It highlights the interactions between public and private finance, looks at how information circulated around the market and was used by speculators and investors, and documents the establishment of the institutions - the Bank of England, the national debt and an active secondary market in that debt - on which England's financial system was built.

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3 b/w illus. 29 tables

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Cambridge University Press

Prizes:

Joint winner of Economic History Society First Monograph Prize 2010

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