Prometheus shackled [electronic resource] : Goldsmith Banks and England's financial revolution after 1700 / Peter Temin and Hans-Joachim Voth. Temin, Peter. Voth, Hans-Joachim. Banks and banking Great Britain History. Finance Great Britain History. HG2987 .T46 2013 332.1094109033 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012). Using new archival data from goldsmith banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show how, after a turbulent start, banks adapted and found a way to grow, but how the economy at large lost out. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. 2013. 2013 Text 1 online resource : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199944279.001.0001 eng Great Britain Great Britain