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Money and the State - The Nerves of State: Taxation and the Financing of the English State, 1558–1714. By Michael J. Braddick. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996. Pp. xi + 244. $69.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). - City of Capital: Politics and Markets in the English Financial Revolution. By Bruce G. Carruthers. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv + 303. $45.00. - Fictions of State: Culture and Credit in Britain, 1694–1994. By Patrick Brantlinger. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. xii + 291. $42.50 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

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The Nerves of State: Taxation and the Financing of the English State, 1558–1714. By Michael J. Braddick. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996. Pp. xi + 244. $69.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
City of Capital: Politics and Markets in the English Financial Revolution. By Bruce G. Carruthers. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv + 303. $45.00.
Fictions of State: Culture and Credit in Britain, 1694–1994. By Patrick Brantlinger. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. xii + 291. $42.50 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

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Journal of British Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 3: Controlling (Mis)Behavior: Medieval and Early Modern Perspectives , July 1998 , pp. 348 - 355
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