States of credit : size, power, and the development of European polities /

Main Author: Stasavage, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Series:The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The evolution and importance of public credit
  • Representative assemblies in Europe, 1250-1750
  • Representation and credit in a broad sample of states
  • Origins of city-states
  • Three city-state experiences
  • Three territorial state experiences
  • Implications for state formation and development.