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The Tontine: A History - Routledge Focus on Financial History McDiarmid, Andrew (University College Dublin)
The Tontine: A History - Routledge Focus on Financial History
McDiarmid, Andrew (University College Dublin)
For almost 200 years, beginning in the late seventeenth century, the tontine – essentially, a shared investment fund with benefit of survivorship - was a ubiquitous financial instrument. From meeting rooms to libraries, public baths to theatres, from armies to medicine and on to religion, the scheme was everywhere.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 22, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781032792064 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 94 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 160 g |