Banking and politics in the age of democratic revolution. (2023)
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- Title:
- Banking and politics in the age of democratic revolution. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Banking and politics in the age of democratic revolution
- Further Information:
- Note: Niccolò Valmori.
- Authors:
- Valmori, Niccolò
- Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONETHE INVISIBLE HANDS: MERCHANTS AND BANKERS IN PARIS AND LONDON AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1.1 Financial institutions and stock markets between Britain, France and The Netherlands1.2 A fluid world: merchants and bankers in eighteenth-century Britain and France1.3 'Improve your writing': becoming a banker in the eighteenth century. The case of Alexander Baring and his traineeship at the Dutch bank Hope & Co.1.4 The internal life of an eighteenth-century bank: clerks and partners at Hoare & Co.CHAPTER TWOTHE POLITICISATION OF FINANCE: THE ENGLISH FINANCIAL WORLD IN THE MIDST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WARS, 1796-1800 2.1 Fighting over the public debt: Thomas Paine's The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance2.2 The engagement of bankers during war: Francis Baring and Robert Barclay at the end of the eighteenth centuryCHAPTER THREEA HISTORY OF UNCHALLENGED DISTRUST: FRENCH PUBLIC OPINION AND BANKERS, 1789-17993.1 The debate on the creation of a French national bank: old suspects and new fears in 17893.2 A new role for financial interests in France? Pierre-Louis Roederer and the 'normalisation' of finance within French societyCHAPTER FOURBETWEEN RISK AND COLLABORATION: FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL ELITES DURING REVOLUTION AND WAR, 1792-1805 1604.1 When war changes the rules: the unfortunate trade of James Bourdieu with France4.2 Unravelling relations: bankers and politicians during the 1797 credit crisis4.3 Old commercial practicesACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONETHE INVISIBLE HANDS: MERCHANTS AND BANKERS IN PARIS AND LONDON AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1.1 Financial institutions and stock markets between Britain, France and The Netherlands1.2 A fluid world: merchants and bankers in eighteenth-century Britain and France1.3 'Improve your writing': becoming a banker in the eighteenth century. The case of Alexander Baring and his traineeship at the Dutch bank Hope & Co.1.4 The internal life of an eighteenth-century bank: clerks and partners at Hoare & Co.CHAPTER TWOTHE POLITICISATION OF FINANCE: THE ENGLISH FINANCIAL WORLD IN THE MIDST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WARS, 1796-1800 2.1 Fighting over the public debt: Thomas Paine's The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance2.2 The engagement of bankers during war: Francis Baring and Robert Barclay at the end of the eighteenth centuryCHAPTER THREEA HISTORY OF UNCHALLENGED DISTRUST: FRENCH PUBLIC OPINION AND BANKERS, 1789-17993.1 The debate on the creation of a French national bank: old suspects and new fears in 17893.2 A new role for financial interests in France? Pierre-Louis Roederer and the 'normalisation' of finance within French societyCHAPTER FOURBETWEEN RISK AND COLLABORATION: FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL ELITES DURING REVOLUTION AND WAR, 1792-1805 1604.1 When war changes the rules: the unfortunate trade of James Bourdieu with France4.2 Unravelling relations: bankers and politicians during the 1797 credit crisis4.3 Old commercial practices in revolutionary times: the bank Hogguer & Co. and the evaluation of counterparties' riskCHAPTER FIVEINVESTING IN A NEW MARKET DURING THE AGE OF REVOLUTION: EUROPEAN BANKERS AND THE NEW WORLD, 1783-1803 5.1 Between expectations and failures: European investments in the US market in the last quarter of the eighteenth century5.2 Bracing for the big leap: the houses of Baring and Hope at the eve of their investments in the United States of America5.3 A fateful journey: Alexander Baring's discovery of the United States of AmericaCHAPTER SIXEXTENDING NETWORKS IN WAR AND PEACE: CREDIT AND TRUST IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, 1801–18136.1 Diamonds in Paris: global trade and international finance during the Amiens peace, 1802-18036.2 Brokering in times of war: the role of Hope and Baring in the Louisiana Purchase6.3 Raising money in times of war: the case of Ouvrard under the Napoleonic EmpireCHAPTER SEVENINTERLOCKING INTERESTS: BANKERS AND POLITICIANS IN ENGLAND, 1789-18107.1 A history of collaborative relations: Sir Francis Baring and the British government7.2 Private banking and politics in times of war: the dialogue of interest between bankers and the Pitt CabinetCHAPTER EIGHTCONSTRAINT AND AUTONOMY: FINANCE AND POLITICS FROM THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE TO THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, 1800-1815 8.1 The impossible autonomy: the thorny relationship between the Banque de France and Napoleon, 1800-18068.2 Beyond repression: understanding the Paris financial market through police reports8.3 The Dutch connection: investing in the Parisian market during the Napoleonic periodCONCLUSIONBibliography. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Oxford : Voltaire Foundation
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Subjects:
- 944.04
Banks and banking -- France -- History -- 18th century
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Political aspects
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Economic aspects
France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1799 - Languages:
- English
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- 9781802079425
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- 9781802077636
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