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    Format: xiii, 242 Seiten
    ISBN: 9780367333614
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in modern British history
    Content: Context: the financial revolution -- The bank of England and the suspension of cash payments (1797-1821) -- Government loan contracting, 1793-1810 -- The house of Rothschild -- Taxation -- Peace and its consequences, 1815-1821 -- Conclusion.
    Content: "This book reveals the surprising role that credit, money created ex nihilo by financiers, played in raising the British government's war loans between 1793 and 1815. Using often overlooked contemporary objections to the National Debt a startling paradox is revealed as it is shown how the government's ostensible creditors had, in fact, very little "real" money to lend and were instead often reliant for their own solvency upon the very government they were lending to. By following the careers of unsuccessful loan-contractors, who went bankrupt lending to the government, to the triumphant career of the House of Rothschild; who successfully "exported" the British system of war-financing abroad with the coming of peace, the symbiotic relationship that existed between the British government and their ostensible creditors is revealed. Also highlighted is the power granted to the (technically bankrupt) Bank of England over credit and the money supply, an unprecedented and highly influential development that filled many contemporaries with horror. This is a tale of bankruptcy, stock market manipulation, bribery and institutional corruption that continues to exert its influence today and will be of interest to anyone interested in government financing, debt and the origins of modern finance."
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780429319396
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781000214086
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781000214109$mobi
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781000214123
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sherratt, Simon, 1972- Credit and power Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2021
    Language: English
    Keywords: Großbritannien ; Debt Management ; Öffentliche Schulden ; Kriegsschulden ; Rüstungsfinanzierung ; Geschichte 1793-1821
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