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Credit Networks in The Preindustrial World : A Social Network Analysis Approach

Dermineur, Elise LU and Pompermaier, Matteo LU (2025) In Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Abstract
This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of different scholars working on credit networks and aims to explore the possibilities offered by social network analysis for the study of past fi nancial markets and networks.

Each contribution offers new perspectives for the comprehension of past fi nancial networks, with a broad chronological and geographical scope. The chapters are arranged thematically and study both rural and urban networks, each employing a network perspective to facilitate an increased understanding of the relational... (More)
This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of different scholars working on credit networks and aims to explore the possibilities offered by social network analysis for the study of past fi nancial markets and networks.

Each contribution offers new perspectives for the comprehension of past fi nancial networks, with a broad chronological and geographical scope. The chapters are arranged thematically and study both rural and urban networks, each employing a network perspective to facilitate an increased understanding of the relational dynamics of preindustrial credit transactions. This book models the various ways that SNA can be utilized by economic and fi nancial historians, as well as discusses its limitations and ways in which it can be combined with qualitative archival research. The book is of interest to a broad audience of scholars in the fi elds of economic, fi nancial and social history. (Less)
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LU and LU
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Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
pages
403 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN
2662-5172
2662-5164
ISBN
978-3-031-67117-3
978-3-031-67116-6
978-3-031-67119-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-67117-3
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English
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