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This book reassesses the actual effects of the Bubble Act, still popularly associated with the bursting of the South Sea Bubble. The book builds on the foundational work of Ron Harris to discuss the act’s effect on corporate governance, literary culture, colonial law, and the Industrial Revolution. The Bubble Act was deemed an empty letter within England itself as it was rarely used in legal proceedings. Several chapters consider whether this was the case outside England, from Scotland to the Americas, India, and Africa. Others assess the impact of the act, both on literary culture and in the history of economic thought. The act has been conceptualized as a brake on economic development or of little consequence. This edited collection offers a timely reassessment of the Bubble Act and its legacy.

Finance. --- History. --- Finance—Law and legislation. --- Financial History. --- Financial Law. --- Articles of incorporation --- Economic history. --- South Sea Company.

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The three great privateering expeditions into the South Sea, which set out, respectively, in 1703, led by William Dampier; in 1708, led by Woodes Rogers; and in 1719, led by George Shelvocke, were costly and ambitious long distance voyages, carrying great risk for their investors but promising great reward. This book tells the story of the voyages and their impact. It argues that, far from being anachronistic activities more in keeping with an earlier age, as some scholars have asserted, the voyages were significant events and had a huge impact - on politicians, influencing future maritime and naval strategy; on investors, swelling enthusiasm for the South Sea Company which ended in the disastrous Bubble; and in literature, where the narratives of the voyages became an important source for some of the greatest literature of the period, including Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The book provides a great deal of original detail about the voyages, including the difficulties of undertaking such lengthy expeditions, unrest among the crews, and financial details of investmentsand returns - and losses. Tim Beattie completed his doctorate at the University of Exeter.

Privateering --- Corsairs --- Naval art and science --- Naval history --- Piracy --- History --- Great Britain --- History, Naval --- Dampier, William, --- Rogers, Woodes, --- Clipperton, John, --- Dampier --- Dampier, Guillaume --- George Shelvocke. --- Gulliver's Travels. --- Literature. --- Maritime Strategy. --- Privateering Expeditions. --- Robinson Crusoe. --- South Sea Company. --- South Sea. --- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. --- Tim Beattie. --- University of Exeter. --- William Dampier. --- Woodes Rogers.

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In early modern Britain, there was an argument that war at sea, especially war in Spanish America, was an ideal means of warfare, offering the prospect of rich gains at relatively little cost whilst inflicting considerable damage on enemy financial resources. This book examines that argument, tracing its origin to the glorious memory of Elizabethan maritime war, discussing its supposed economic advantages, and investigating its influence on British politics and naval policy during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-13) and after. The book reveals that the alleged economic advantages of war at sea were crucial in attracting the support of politicians of different political stances. It shows how supporters of war at sea, both in the government as well as in the opposition, tried to implement pro-maritime war policy by naval operations, colonial expeditions and by legislation, and how their attempts were often frustrated by diplomatic considerations, the incapacity of naval administration, and by conflicting interests between different groups connected to the West Indian colonies and Spanish American trade. It demonstrates how, after the War of the Spanish Succession, arguments for active colonial maritime war continued to be central to political conflict, notably in the opposition propaganda campaigns against the Walpole ministry, culminating in the War of Jenkins's Ear against Spain in 1739. The book also includes material on the South Sea Company, showing how the foundation of this company, later the subject of the notorious 'Bubble', was a logical part of British strategy. Shinsuke Satsuma completed his doctorate in maritime history at the University of Exeter.

Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 --- War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 --- Naval operations, British. --- South Sea Company. --- Compagnie du Sud --- Company of Merchants Trading to the South Seas --- Governour and Company of Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and Other Parts of America, and for Encouraging the Fishery --- Great Britain --- South America --- History, Naval --- Company of Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and Other Parts of America, and for Encouraging the Fishery --- Military policy. --- Military policy --- Economic aspects. --- Atlantic. --- Britain. --- Colonial Maritime War. --- Diplomatic Considerations. --- Early Eighteenth Century. --- Economic Advantages. --- Naval Policy. --- Seapower. --- Silver. --- Spanish America. --- Spanish American Trade. --- Walpole Ministry. --- War at Sea. --- War of Jenkins's Ear. --- War of the Spanish Succession. --- West Indian Colonies.

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Simon Wren-Lewis' widely-read Mainly Macro blog is an influential resource for policymakers, academics and social commentators. This book tells how damaging political and economic events of recent years became inevitable and serves as a warning to avert future disasters on this scale.

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