| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | British Politics from 1672 to 1712 | 27 |
| Ch. 3 | Finance and State-Formation | 53 |
| Ch. 4 | Britain in Comparative Perspective | 92 |
| Ch. 5 | Financial Property Rights and the State | 115 |
| Ch. 6 | Politics and the Joint-Stock Companies | 137 |
| Ch. 7 | Trading on the London Stock Market | 160 |
| Ch. 8 | Government Bonds and Political Bonds | 195 |
| Appendix | 209 |
| Notes | 213 |
| Bibliography | 267 |
| Index | 299 |