Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. Plates, Figures and Tables x
5. Editorial Note xi
6. Abbreviations xii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Varieties of Innovation: Ireland, Scotland and the Financial Revolution 1688–1720 19
9. 2 Banking and Investment on the Periphery: The Case of Ireland 43
10. 3 Investment from the Periphery: Irish Investors in the South Sea Company in Comparative and Transnational Perspective 59
11. 4 ‘Most of Our Money of This Kingdom is gone over to the South Sea’: Irish Investors and the South Sea Company 85
12. 5 ‘Nothing here but Misery’? The Economic Impact of the South Sea Bubble on Ireland 111
13. 6 ‘A Thing They Call a Bank’: Irish Projects in the South Sea Year 125
14. 7 The Proposals for a National Bank and the Irish Investment Community in 1720 143
15. 8 ‘A Strong Presumption That This Bank May be a Bubble’: Misreading the Bubble and the Bank of Ireland Debates, 1721 163
16. Conclusion 181
17. Bibliography 183
18. Index 199