Author: Larry Neal
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300153163
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr., Lord Londonderry, his main partner in England. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities. Larry Neal, a distinguished economic historian, highlights the rationality of each person and also finds that the primitive exchanges of the day, though informal and completely unregulated, actually performed reasonably well.
"I Am Not Master of Events"
Author: Larry Neal
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300153163
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr., Lord Londonderry, his main partner in England. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities. Larry Neal, a distinguished economic historian, highlights the rationality of each person and also finds that the primitive exchanges of the day, though informal and completely unregulated, actually performed reasonably well.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300153163
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr., Lord Londonderry, his main partner in England. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities. Larry Neal, a distinguished economic historian, highlights the rationality of each person and also finds that the primitive exchanges of the day, though informal and completely unregulated, actually performed reasonably well.
Lorenz Oken, a Biographical Sketch, Or, "In Memoriam" of the Centenary of His Birth
Author: Alexander Ecker
Publisher:
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Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Investigation of Illegal Or Improper Activities in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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I Am Not Sidney Poitier
Author: Percival Everett
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
I Am Not Sidney Poitier is an irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on race, class, and identity in America I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk-taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in the world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales. I was Not Sidney Poitier. Not Sidney Poitier is an amiable young man in an absurd country. The sudden death of his mother orphans him at age eleven, leaving him with an unfortunate name, an uncanny resemblance to the famous actor, and, perhaps more fortunate, a staggering number of shares in the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Percival Everett's hilarious new novel follows Not Sidney's tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin color with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less-than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not gets arrested in rural Georgia for driving while black, sparks a dinnertable explosion at the home of his manipulative girlfriend, and sleuths a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama, all while navigating the recurrent communication problem: "What's your name?" a kid would ask. "Not Sidney," I would say. "Okay, then what is it?"
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
I Am Not Sidney Poitier is an irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on race, class, and identity in America I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk-taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in the world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales. I was Not Sidney Poitier. Not Sidney Poitier is an amiable young man in an absurd country. The sudden death of his mother orphans him at age eleven, leaving him with an unfortunate name, an uncanny resemblance to the famous actor, and, perhaps more fortunate, a staggering number of shares in the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Percival Everett's hilarious new novel follows Not Sidney's tumultuous life, as the social hierarchy scrambles to balance his skin color with his fabulous wealth. Maturing under the less-than watchful eye of his adopted foster father, Ted Turner, Not gets arrested in rural Georgia for driving while black, sparks a dinnertable explosion at the home of his manipulative girlfriend, and sleuths a murder case in Smut Eye, Alabama, all while navigating the recurrent communication problem: "What's your name?" a kid would ask. "Not Sidney," I would say. "Okay, then what is it?"
New Monthly Belle Assemblée
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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The Ladies' Repository
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée
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Category : Fashion
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Category : Fashion
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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The Law Journal Reports
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Lloyd's List Law Reports
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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