Machine generated contents note: 1.Instruments, Institutions, Centres, and Networks: Developing the Structural Framework, c. 1300 -- 1700 -- 2.Public and Private Markets for Capital and Credit, 1688 -- 1793 -- 3.War and Economic Transformation, 1793 -- 1815 -- 4.Golden Age, 1815 -- 1870 -- 5.The...

Although funding infrastructure has always been a challenging issue in any country and at any time, the topic is still largely unexplored. A European history of infrastructure financing over the long term does not yet exist, and the purpose of this book is to partially fill that gap. It explores...