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The man who saw the future / Andrew Forrester.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forrester, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paterson, William, 1658-1719.
- Paterson, William.
- Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Great Britain.
- New Caledonia (Colony).
- Free trade.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 372 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- William Paterson's vision of free trade
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Texere, 2003.
- Summary:
- A TV journalist and historian pens the captivating story of businessman and economic thinker William Paterson, who founded the Bank of England and harbored a grand plan for establishing a free-trade world emporium.
- Contents:
- 1 The Doors of the Seas 1
- 2 Selling Darien
- The First Offensive 29
- 3 The Great Projector 51
- 4 The Go-Between 79
- 5 A Window of Opportunity 103
- 6 The Lure of Darien 127
- 7 The Fall of Paterson 159
- 8 Paterson Reborn 181
- 9 Hope Rekindled 207
- 10 The Future Has to Wait 237
- 11 'A Sad and Fatall Disaster' 265
- 12 The Key of the Universe 281.
- ISBN:
- 1587991438
- OCLC:
- 51194534
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