A History of Credit and Power in the Western World
MacDonald, Scott B.
Omschrijving
The end of the Cold War put the planet on a new track, abruptly replacing the familiar world of bipolarity, red phones, and intercontinental ballistic missiles with the strange new world of the Internet, e-commerce, and Palm Pilots Preface
vii
Part 1: Introduction
1. Introduction
3(16)
Part 2: Early Pre-Modern Credit Period
2. The Ancient Mediterranean World
19(12)
3. Byzantine Christians and Muslims
31(10)
4. The Jewish Bridge
41(14)
Part 3: Early Modern Credit Period
5. Trade Fairs and the Knights Templar
55(18)
6. The Italians and Credit
73(22)
Part 4: Modern Credit Period
7. Credit Goes North: The Road to Amsterdam
95(32)
8. Finance in the Age of British Power
127(26)
9. Continental Echoes
153(40)
10. The Rise of U.S. Power and Credit
193(24)
11. The Democratization of Credit
217(20)
12. Challenges to the U.S.-Dominated Credit System
237(16)
13. Globalized Markets
253(34)
14. Conclusion: New Frontiers
287(14)
Bibliography
301(10)
Index
311
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