The South Sea Bubble and Ireland - Money, Banking and Investment, 1690-1721

A study of the first great global stock market crash and and its impact on the peripheries of the British state

List of contents

Introduction
Varieties of Innovation: Ireland, Scotland and the Financial Revolution 1688 - 1720
Banking and Investment on the Periphery: The Case of Ireland
Investment from the Periphery: Irish Investors in the South Sea Company in Comparative and Transnational Perspective
'Most of Our Money of This Kingdom is gone over to the South Sea': Irish Investors and the South Sea Company
'Nothing here but Misery'? The Economic Impact of the South Sea Bubble on Ireland
'A Thing They Call a Bank': Irish Projects in the South Sea Year
The Proposals for a National Bank and the Irish Investment Community in 1720
'A Strong Presumption That This Bank May be a Bubble': Misreading the Bubble and the Bank of Ireland Debates, 1721
Conclusion

About the author

Patrick Walsh

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Walsh
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2014
• EAN: 9781843839309
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-930-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Irland, Europäische Geschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland