Banking and politics in the age of democratic revolution / Niccolò Valmori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valmori, Niccolò, author.

Contributor:

Liverpool University Press, publisher.

Voltaire Foundation.

Series:

Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2023:03.

Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2634-8047 ; 2023:03

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--France--History--18th century.

Banks and banking.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Political aspects.

France.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Economic aspects.

France--Politics and government--1789-1799.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, on behalf of Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, [2023]

Summary:

"This book uncovers the complex interconnections between politics and finance in the midst of the French Revolution. Charting the trajectories of members of the financial elite between London, Paris and Amsterdam, this study reveals the ever-shifting relationship between market actors and the political world. The French Revolution paved the way for bankers, especially those working in international finance, to occupy a new position not only within the economic framework of the time but also on the political stage. The profession of banker went through a series of transitions in its relationship with the political authorities. These changes affecting the social, economic and political status of bankers led to increasingly active interactions between politics and finance that have become a feature of our modern societies. Using a transnational and interdisciplinary approach, this book highlights how during the Age of Revolution there emerged a dynamic which is still present today: the financial world and the sphere of politics became strongly intermixed while actors from both sides made efforts to overpower their counterparts. In this way, it provides an ideal perspective for bridging the gap that has long separated economic from cultural history in the study of the French Revolution."-- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The invisible hands: merchants and bankers in Paris and London at the end of the eighteenth century

The politicisation of finance: the English financial world in the midst of the Revolutionary Wars, 1796-1800

A history of unchallenged distrust: French public opinion and bankers, 1798-1799

Between risk and collaboration: financial and political elites during revolution and war, 1792-1805

Investing in a new market during the age of Revolution: European bankers and the New World, 1783-1803

Extending networks in war and peace: credit and trust in uncertain times, 1801-1813

Interlocking interests: bankers and politicians in England, 1789-1810

Constraint and autonomy: finance and politics from the Napoleonic Empire to the Congress of Vienna, 1800-1815.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-310) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781802077636

1802077634

OCLC:

1347020651