Situates changes in the nature of money and the rise of sophisticated financial structures at the centre of the Enlightenment. This work argues that paper credit instruments were causal - critical to the larger epistemological and psychological changes associated with the Enlightenment's reconstruction of value.
| ISBN: | 9781138665217 |
| Publication date: | 21st January 2016 |
| Author: | Jose R Torre |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Series: | Financial History |
| Genres: |
Economic history History of the Americas |