Bagehot : the life and times of the greatest Victorian
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019].
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Book
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xxxi, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English

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"The definitive biography of a banker, essayist, and editor of the Economist, by an acclaimed financial historian. During the upheavals of 2007-9, the chairman of the Federal Reserve had the name of a Victorian icon on the tip of his tongue: Walter Bagehot. Banker, man of letters, inventor of the Treasury bill, and author of Lombard Street, Bagehot prescribed the doctrines that--decades later--inspired the radical responses to the world's worst financial crises. In James Grant's colorful and groundbreaking biography, Bagehot appears as both an ornament to his own age and a muse to our own. Brilliant and precocious, he was influential in political circles, making high-profile friends, including William Gladstone--and enemies: Lord Overstone, Benjamin Disraeli. As an essayist on wide-ranging topics, he won the admiration of Matthew Arnold and Woodrow Wilson. He was also a misogynist, and while he opposed slavery, he misjudged Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. As editor of the Economist, he offered astute commentary on the financial issues of his day, and his name lives on in an eponymous weekly column"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grant, J. (2019). Bagehot: the life and times of the greatest Victorian (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grant, James, 1946-. 2019. Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian. W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grant, James, 1946-. Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grant, James. Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.

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