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The ascent of money : a financial history of the world  Cover Image Book Book

The ascent of money : a financial history of the world / Niall Ferguson.

Ferguson, Niall. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594201929 :
  • ISBN: 1594201927 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780143116172 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781410415332 (hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781594201929 (hc)
  • ISBN: 1410415333 (hardcover
  • Physical Description: v, 441 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York ; Penguin, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dreams of avarice -- Of human bondage -- Blowing bubbles -- The return of risk -- Safe as houses -- From empire to Chimerica -- The descent of money.
Subject: Finance > History.
Money > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library HG 171 F47 2009 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001277714 General Volume hold Available -

Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University.

Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. The bestselling author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, and Colossus, he also writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. Since 2003 he has written and presented three highly successful television documentary series for British television: Empire, American Colossus, and, most recently, The War of the World.

Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. The bestselling author ofPaper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, and Colossus, he also writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. Since 2003 he has written and presented three highly successful television documentary series for British television:Empire, American Colossus, and, most recently, The War of the World.


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