The Resource The ascent of money : a financial history of the world, Niall Ferguson
The ascent of money : a financial history of the world, Niall Ferguson
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- Summary
- Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. Through Ferguson's expert lens, for example, the civilization of the Renaissance looks very different: a boom in the market for art and architecture made possible when Italian bankers adopted Arabic mathematics. The rise of the Dutch republic is reinterpreted as the triumph of the world's first modern bond market over insolvent Habsburg absolutism. Yet the central lesson of financial history is that, sooner or later, every bubble bursts.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- v, 441 pages
- Note
- TV tie-in
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Dreams of avarice
- Of human bondage
- Blowing bubbles
- The return of risk
- Safe as houses
- From empire to Chimerica
- Afterword : The descent of money
- Isbn
- 9781410415332
- Label
- The ascent of money : a financial history of the world
- Title
- The ascent of money
- Title remainder
- a financial history of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Niall Ferguson
- Subject
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- Economic history
- Economic history
- Economics
- Economics -- History
- Finance
- Finance
- Finance -- History
- Finances
- Finances -- Histoire
- Finances internationales -- Histoire
- Financial history -- International
- Financiële ontwikkeling
- Financiële structuur
- Geld
- Geld
- Histoire économique
- Histoire économique
- Economic history
- International finance
- International finance -- History
- International finance -- History
- Kreditmarkt
- Marché financier international
- Money
- Money -- History
- Money -- economic history
- Monnaie
- Monnaie -- Histoire
- Nonfiction
- Penningväsen -- historia
- economics -- History | finance
- Économie politique -- Histoire
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. Through Ferguson's expert lens, for example, the civilization of the Renaissance looks very different: a boom in the market for art and architecture made possible when Italian bankers adopted Arabic mathematics. The rise of the Dutch republic is reinterpreted as the triumph of the world's first modern bond market over insolvent Habsburg absolutism. Yet the central lesson of financial history is that, sooner or later, every bubble bursts.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ferguson, Niall
- Dewey number
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- 332.09
- 332.49
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG171
- LC item number
- .F47 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Finance
- Economic history
- Economics
- Money
- International finance
- Finances
- Histoire économique
- Économie politique
- Monnaie
- Finances internationales
- Monnaie
- Finances
- Marché financier international
- Histoire économique
- Economic history
- Economics
- Finance
- International finance
- Money
- Geld
- Financiële structuur
- Financiële ontwikkeling
- Kreditmarkt
- Geld
- Economic history
- Money
- International finance
- Financial history
- Penningväsen
- economics
- Finance
- Money
- Label
- The ascent of money : a financial history of the world, Niall Ferguson
- Note
- TV tie-in
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-397) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Dreams of avarice -- Of human bondage -- Blowing bubbles -- The return of risk -- Safe as houses -- From empire to Chimerica -- Afterword : The descent of money
- Control code
- ocn191929255
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- v, 441 pages
- Isbn
- 9781410415332
- Lccn
- 2009383048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o191929255
- (OCoLC)191929255
- Label
- The ascent of money : a financial history of the world, Niall Ferguson
- Note
- TV tie-in
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-397) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Dreams of avarice -- Of human bondage -- Blowing bubbles -- The return of risk -- Safe as houses -- From empire to Chimerica -- Afterword : The descent of money
- Control code
- ocn191929255
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- v, 441 pages
- Isbn
- 9781410415332
- Lccn
- 2009383048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o191929255
- (OCoLC)191929255
Subject
- Economic history
- Economic history
- Economics
- Economics -- History
- Finance
- Finance
- Finance -- History
- Finances
- Finances -- Histoire
- Finances internationales -- Histoire
- Financial history -- International
- Financiële ontwikkeling
- Financiële structuur
- Geld
- Geld
- Histoire économique
- Histoire économique
- Economic history
- International finance
- International finance -- History
- International finance -- History
- Kreditmarkt
- Marché financier international
- Money
- Money -- History
- Money -- economic history
- Monnaie
- Monnaie -- Histoire
- Nonfiction
- Penningväsen -- historia
- economics -- History | finance
- Économie politique -- Histoire
- History
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