Ferguson, Niall <br/><br/>
The ascent of money :  a financial history of the world / 
by Niall Ferguson. 
 - New York:  Allen Lane,  2008. 
 - 441 pages, [16] p. of plates  :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.[363]-397) and index. 
<br/><br/> Shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. This book reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history. It explains why the origins of the French Revolution lie in a stock market bubble caused by a convicted Scots murderer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846141928 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance--History.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Economics--History.<br/>Money--History.<br/>International finance--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.903  / FER