Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: England and Wales 1. The Origins of the Provincial Stock Exchanges Liverpool and Manchester 2. The Railway Share Market in the Provinces 3. The Formation of the Remaining Stock Exchanges 4. The Organization of the Provincial Stock Exchanges in the Nineteenth Century 5. Some Domestic Matters 6. Industrial Shares in the Provinces to 1914 7. The Oldham Stock Exchange and the 'Limiteds' 8. Gilt Edged, Local Authority, and Foreign Stocks 9. The Formation of the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges, 1890–1914 10. The Council of Associated Stock Exchanges, 1914–1960 11. Organization of the Provincial Stock Exchanges, 1914–1960 12 The Industrial Share Market in the Provinces since 1918 13. Federation and Regionalization Part 2: Scotland 14. The Scottish Stock Exchanges Postscript Appendix: Stock Exchange Records Index
W.A. Thomas Departments of Economics and Commerce, University of Liverpool