TY - BOOK AU - Stasavage,David ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - States of credit: size, power, and the development of European polities T2 - The Princeton economic history of the Western world AV - HJ8615 .S857 2011eb U1 - 336.3/4094 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Debts, Public KW - Europe KW - History KW - Credit KW - Middle Ages KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The evolution and importance of public credit -- Representative assemblies in Europe, 1250-1750 -- Representation and credit in a broad sample of states -- Origins of city-states -- Three city-state experiences -- Three territorial state experiences -- Implications for state formation and development; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10477118 ER -