The ascent of money : (Record no. 924)

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International Standard Book Number 9780143116172 (pbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 0143116177 (pbk.)
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Classification number 332.49
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Classification number 332.09 Fer 2009
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Personal name Ferguson, Niall.
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Title The ascent of money :
Remainder of title a financial history of the world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Niall Ferguson.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009, c2008.
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Extent v, 442 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-402) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- 1. Dreams of avarice -- 2. Of human bondage --3. Blowing bubbles -- 4. The return of risk -- 5. Safe as houses-- 6. From empire to Chimerica -- Afterword : The descent of money -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- List of illustrations --Index.
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Summary, etc. 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Finance
General subdivision History.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Economic history.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Economics
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Money
General subdivision History.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element International finance
General subdivision History.
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