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Title

Central banks at a crossroads : what can we learn from history? / edited by Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Øyvind Eitrheim, Norges Bank, Oslo, Marc Flandreau, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Jan F. Qvigstad, Norges Bank, Oslo.

Publication

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors

Bordo, Michael D.

Description

xix, 697 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. Yolande Duvernay, the star of this tale, was born in poverty in Paris in 1812. Under the control of her stage mother, she became a celebrated ballerina - a star of the Paris Opera - becoming the favourite dancer of Princess Victoria. She was praised for her grace, her beauty and her provocative style on stage, known as the 'fair brimstone' by William Makepeace Thackeray. There was a darker side to her success, however, as she became the mistress of powerful men, eventually being sold by her mother to Stephens Lyne Stephens, son and heir of the richest commoner in England, for almost a million pounds in today's values. A few years later, Yolande caused a huge scandal when she manipulated Stephens into marriage. When Stephens died in 1860, he left his widow a life interest in the entire Lyne Stephens fortune - one of the largest fortunes in England.

Series Statement

Studies in macroeconomic history

Uniform Title

Studies in macroeconomic history.

Subject

• Banks and banking, Central > History
• Monetary policy > History
• Banks and banking, Central
• Monetary policy
• Banche centrali > Storia
• Geldpolitik
• Notenbank
• Notenbankpolitik
• Europa

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781107149663 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 1107149665 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2016015468

OCLC

• ocn948878734
• 948878734
• SCSB-9402347

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries