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THE MYTHS OF THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

Abstract

The South Sea Bubble of 1720 looms large in popular depictions of eighteenth-century Britain. But in many respects it is seriously misunderstood. This article begins by exploring mythic `facts' about the events of 1720, but is also concerned to explore why the Bubble was mythologised long after the event. On several levels, therefore, the Bubble has itself been bubbled.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Historical Society2002

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