A study of the first great global stock market crash and and its impact on the peripheries of the British state
Introduction
Varieties of Innovation: Ireland, Scotland and the Financial Revolution 1688 - 1720
Banking and Investment on the Periphery: The Case of Ireland
Investment from the Periphery: Irish Investors in the South Sea Company in Comparative and Transnational Perspective
'Most of Our Money of This Kingdom is gone over to the South Sea': Irish Investors and the South Sea Company
'Nothing here but Misery'? The Economic Impact of the South Sea Bubble on Ireland
'A Thing They Call a Bank': Irish Projects in the South Sea Year
The Proposals for a National Bank and the Irish Investment Community in 1720
'A Strong Presumption That This Bank May be a Bubble': Misreading the Bubble and the Bank of Ireland Debates, 1721
Conclusion