International Banking, 1870-1914

ISBN-13: 9780195062717 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 672 str.

Etc Rondo Cameron; V. I. Bovykin; B. V. Anan'ich

Opis

This book, the product of a unique international scholarly collaboration sponsored jointly by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Soviet Academy of Sciences, provides a comprehensive survey on international banking from 1870 to 1914. In that period international investment reached dimensions previously unknown, and the banking systems of the world achieved a degree of internationalization without precedent. The book's authors, twenty-five scholars from fifteen countries, are the acknowledged experts in their fields. They detail the origin and development of internationally oriented banks in each major country, and explain their role in foreign investment and industrial finance. They look at all areas of the world that were involved in international investment, either as investors, recipients of investment, or both. The definitive work on international banking from 1870 to 1914, this book will interest scholars and students in financial and banking history, bankers and economists in the finanical industry, and general historians.

Recenzje

'This volume is the outcome of an unusually extensive effort of international collaboration ... this collection provides a feast of data and information which will be welcomed particularly for areas otherwise little known to English-speaking scholars. The value of the essays lies in the detailed assembly of data which, and this is their great merit, do dovetail well to form a persuasive general picture. They offer the opportunity of a firm jumping-off ground for further dtailed regional and national research. Meanwhile, they also represent a splendid example of the possibilities of fruitful international collaboration, for which the editors and organisers deserve our respect and gratitude.' Sidney Pollard, University of Sheffield,