Credit and power: the paradox at the heart of the british national debt
Auteur :
Sherratt, Simon
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367614973
Date de publication :
1 août 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
760 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book reveals the role that credit played in the raising of British war loans between 1793 and 1815. It shows how, paradoxically, the government’s creditors had very little "real" money to lend and were often reliant for their own solvency upon the very government to which they were lending.