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A history of credit & power in the western world / Scott B. MacDonald and Albert L. Gastmann.
Lippincott Library HG3701 .M177 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, Scott B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Credit--History.
- Credit.
- Finance--History.
- Finance.
- History.
- Finance, Public--History.
- Finance, Public.
- Power (Social sciences)--History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Political science--Economic aspects--History.
- Political science.
- Economic history.
- World history.
- Political science--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 314 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- History of credit and power in the Western world
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2001]
- Contents:
- The ancient Mediterranean world
- Byzantine Christians and Muslims
- The Jewish bridge
- Trade fairs and the knights templar
- The Italians and credit
- Credit goes north: the road to Amsterdam
- Finance in the age of British power
- Continental echoes
- The rise of U.S. power and credit
- The democratization of credit
- Challenges to the U.S.-dominated credit system
- Globalized markets
- Conclusion: new frontiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765800853
- OCLC:
- 46353449
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