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Financing Sovereignty: The Poyais Scandal in the Early Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World Damian Clavel New edition
Financing Sovereignty: The Poyais Scandal in the Early Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World
Damian Clavel
Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massive sums on the City of London's burgeoning South American sovereign debt market by selling bonds of the State of Poyais. The only problem—Poyais did not exist.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 12, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9781503643215 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 292 |
| Dimensions | 295 × 152 × 26 mm · 428 g |