The Tontine: A History, 9781032791999
Hardcover
Uncover the forgotten story of the tontine, a game of life.

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  • Hardcover

    94 pages

  • Release Date

    4 October 2024

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Summary

The Tontine: A Forgotten Chapter in Financial History

From the late 17th century to the early 20th, the tontine was a common financial tool. Governments used it to fund wars, while private entities employed it for civic improvements and urban development.

Though now known mainly through fiction (Robert Louis Stevenson, Agatha Christie, and The Simpsons), this book explores the tontine’s evolution from a public revenue source to a popular private investment and infrastructure…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032791999
ISBN-10:1032791993
Series:Routledge Focus on Financial History
Author:Andrew McDiarmid
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:94
Release Date:4 October 2024
Weight:453g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Andrew McDiarmid

Andrew McDiarmid earned his PhD from the University of Dundee and attended Yale University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on financial history from the early modern period to the twentieth century, with his first monograph on the subject of the Scottish Financial Revolution released in 2023. He is currently the SFI/IRC pathways fellow at University College Dublin, where he is undertaking a major project exploring the history of tontines between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.

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