Preface 1. J.A. Hobson, Financial Capitalism and Imperialism in Late Victorian and Edwardian England 2. The Export of British Finance, 1865-1914 3. Canada and Argentina: The First Preference of the British Investor, 1904-1914 4. Anglo-Indian Banking in British India: From the Paper Pound to the Gold Standard 5. The Banking Community of London, 1890-1914: A Survey 6. The Phases of the French Colonial Imperialism: Towards a New Periodization 7. Indo-British Relations in the Post-Colonial Era: The Sterling Balances Negotiations, 1947-49 8. Britain, the Sterling Area and European Integration, 1945-50