Bankers and Bolsheviks : international finance and the Russian Revolution /

Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the worst sovereign default in history. This book tells the dramatic story of this boom and bust, chronicling the forgotten experiences of leading financiers of the age. Shedding critical new light o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malik, Hassan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fault lines : The Witte system and missed opportunities
  • The loan that saved Russia? Reassessing the 5 percent Russian government loan of 1906
  • The interrevolutionary recovery and rally
  • Investing in the revolution
  • Revolutionary default