Marine insurance : origins and institutions, 1300-1850 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Leonard, Adrian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave studies in the history of finance.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the Nature and Study of Marine Insurance; 2 Genoa, 1340-1620: Early Development of Marine Insurance; 3 Italy 1500-1800: Cooperation and Competition; 4 Antwerp 1490-1590: Insurance and Speculation; 5 Amsterdam 1585-1790: Emergence, Dominance, and Decline; 6 England 1523-1601: The Beginnings of Marine Insurance; 7 London 1426-1601: Marine Insurance and the Law Merchant; 8 England 1660-1720: Corporate or Private?; 9 America 1720-1820: War and Organisation
  • 10 Cadiz 1780-1808: A Corporate Experiment11 Britain and America 1650-1850: Harmonising Government and Commerce; 12 From Genoa to London: the Places of Insurance in Europe; Bibliography of Insurance History; Index