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I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / Larry Neal.
LIBRA HG6007 .N43 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neal, Larry, 1941-
- Series:
- Yale series in economic and financial history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law, John, 1671-1729.
- Law, John.
- South Sea Company.
- Business cycles--History--18th century.
- Business cycles.
- Financial crises--History--18th century.
- Financial crises.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the life of Lord Londonderry
- The War of the Spanish succession and the Jacobite Rebellion
- The diamond deal
- Learning by doing : law and Londonderry before the bet
- The bet of the bubbles
- The blowing and bursting of bubbles
- The workout
- Family problems
- Did the speculations of law and Londonderry matter?
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300153163
- 0300153163
- OCLC:
- 711045565
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