Different Forms of Microcredit and Social Business: Microfinance in Global History from the Late Medieval to the Modern

Avallone, Paola, Strangio, Donatella

Different Forms of Microcredit and Social Business: Microfinance in Global History from the Late Medieval to the Modern
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-24
  • 售價: $7,680
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 273
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031609417
  • ISBN-13: 9783031609411

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商品描述

This edited collection discusses the evolution of microfinance and social business from the late medieval period to the modern era. The book fills a gap in financial history by exploring lesser-known, informal forms of credit granted to the poorest people, which have often not been recorded in writing.

The book highlights the particularly innovative forms of credit developed in Italy, but also includes global contributions on the presence of microfinance and social business across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. This book illuminates for different countries and periods forms of financial assistance available for those not deemed as creditworthy - whether through the institution of the Monti di Pietà, an Italian credit instrument of the late Middle Ages, loans granted by shopkeepers, pawnbroking, or mutual aid distributed by lottery or religious institutions. The geographical diversity of the chapters enables comparative analyses to be drawn between different forms of credit and financial systems as they developed over a long period. The research presented offers new perspectives for contemporary microfinance, as well as reconstructing the experience of those living in poverty in a range of social, economic and religious contexts. The book will be of interest to a broad readership, including those working in financial, economic and social history.


商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本編輯集討論了從中世紀晚期到現代的微金融和社會企業的演變。這本書填補了金融歷史中的一個空白，探討了授予最貧困人民的較少人知的非正式信貸形式，這些形式通常沒有被書面記錄下來。

這本書突出了在意大利發展的特別創新的信貸形式，同時也包括了關於微金融和社會企業在歐洲、亞洲和中東的全球貢獻。這本書揭示了不同國家和時期為那些被認為不具信用價值的人提供的金融援助形式，無論是通過意大利中世紀晚期的Monti di Pietà機構、商店主提供的貸款、當鋪業務，還是通過彩票或宗教機構分發的互助。章節的地理多樣性使得可以對不同形式的信貸和金融體系進行比較分析，以了解它們在長時間內的發展情況。所呈現的研究為當代微金融提供了新的觀點，同時重建了在各種社會、經濟和宗教背景下生活在貧困中的人的經歷。這本書將對廣大讀者產生興趣，包括從事金融、經濟和社會歷史研究的人。

作者簡介

Paola Avallone is Director of Research at the Italian National Research Council, Institute of History on the Mediterranean Europe. Her research specializes in the economic history of Southern Italy between the 16th and 19th centuries with particular attention to the banks, insurance, local institutions, and mobility of people and goods.

Donatella Strangio is Full Professor of Economic History and Director of the MEMOTEF Department at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of numerous books and articles in national and international journals, focusing on economic and financial history. In 2022, she published the book The Roman Stock Exchange between the 19th and 20th Centuries: A History of the Italian Stock Market in the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance series.


作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Paola Avallone 是義大利國家研究委員會地中海歐洲歷史研究所的研究主任。她的研究專注於16至19世紀南義大利的經濟史，特別關注銀行、保險、地方機構以及人物和貨物的流動性。

Donatella Strangio 是羅馬大學Sapienza的經濟史全職教授，並擔任MEMOTEF部門的主任。她是國內外期刊上多本書籍和文章的作者，專注於經濟和金融史。2022年，她在Palgrave《金融史研究系列》中出版了書籍《19至20世紀的羅馬證券交易所：義大利股市的歷史》。

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