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