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7%OFFValerie Hamilton - Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England – The Dark Arts of Projectors - 9781782799528 - V9781782799528
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Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England – The Dark Arts of Projectors

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Description for Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England – The Dark Arts of Projectors Paperback. Why is a novel like a corporation? How is Daniel Defoe connected to the Bank of England? Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; KCZ; KJZ; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
This little book tells the truthful story of how the Bank of England actually came into being. It is a story of pirates, treasure, random good fortune and sheer determination. This is an institution founded on risk, daring and imagination. The tale is entangled with that of the early novel, in particular the fortunes of one Moll Flanders, an entrepreneur of sexual relations in the growing London market for capital in the early eighteenth century. These accounts are woven together with the life-stories of Daniel Defoe and William Paterson, founders of two of the key institutions of our modern age, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782799528
SKU
V9781782799528
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99-1

About Valerie Hamilton
Valerie Hamilton runs her own consultancy practice in the City of London focusing on managing change, and personal development for senior managers of large public institutions. Her early career was in teaching English Literature in schools and universities in the UK, Denmark and the US. Martin Parker is Professor of Organization and Culture at the University of Leicester School ... Read more

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