‘Routledge Focus on Financial History’ is a series of short form (20,000-50,000 words), accessible books telling the origin stories behind financial instruments, innovations and institutions. Each book provides historical context on the early development of topics such as investments, money, insurance, banking, central banks and financial theory. The emphasis is on engaging storytelling and clarity, making these topics interesting and understandable to a non-specialist audience.
By Andrew McDiarmid
September 25, 2024
Starting in the late seventeenth century, for over 200 years the tontine was a ubiquitous financial instrument. As a revenue-raising tool of governments it supported the cost of war, and as a private capital-raising instrument it provided funding for numerous projects; including meeting rooms and ...