History of Credit and Power in the Western World

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 Pi lots. The "New World Order" was defi ned by the fi rst U.S.-led war against Iraq, bloody ethnic strife in Bosnia and Rwanda, and religious tur moil in Central Asia. This evolving global system, however, over looked the powerful role of credit, which functions as a critical building block for developing greater national and individual wealth.

List of contents

1: Introduction; 1: Introduction; 2: Early Pre-Modern Credit Period; 2: The Ancient Mediterranean World; 3: Byzantine Christians and Muslims; 4: The Jewish Bridge; 3: Early Modern Credit Period; 5: Trade Fairs and The Knights Templar; 6: The Italians and Credit; 4: Modern Credit Period; 7: Credit Goes North: The Road to Amsterdam; 8: Finance in the Age of British Power; 9: Continental Echoes; 10: The Rise of U.S. Power and Credit; 11: The Democratization of Credit; 12: Challenges to the U.S.-Dominated Credit System; 13: Globalized Markets; 14: Conclusion: New Frontiers

About the author

Scott B. MacDonald

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Albert Gastmann, Albert L. Gastmann, Scott B. Macdonald, Scott B. Gastmann Macdonald, MacDonald Scott B.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2001
• EAN: 9780765800855
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0085-5
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Economic history, United States of America, USA, Western Europe, Western Continental Europe, Credit and credit institutions, Credit & Credit Institutions, system;global;Scott B. MacDonald;Albert L. Gastmann