The Ascent of Money - A Financial History of the World

Informationen zum Autor Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University! a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College! Oxford University! and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution! Stanford University. The bestselling author of Paper and Iron! The House of Rothschild! The Pity of War! The Cash Nexus! Empire! Colossus and The War of the World! he also writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. Klappentext Bread! cash! dosh! dough! loot: Call it what you like! it matters. 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 labour. But in The Ascent of Money! Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more! he reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history.

Product details

• Authors: Niall Ferguson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9780141035482
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103548-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book