A financial history of Western Europe

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A financial history of Western Europe

Charles P. Kindleberger

(Routledge library editions, Economic history ; 082 . Finance, money and banking)

Routledge, 2006

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Reprint. Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin , 1985

First published in 1984

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: set ISBN 9780415286190

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: subset ISBN 9780415378505

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First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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: hbk ISBN 9780415378673

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This is the first history of finance - broadly defined to include money, banking, capital markets, public and private finance, international transfers etc. - that covers Western Europe (with an occasional glance at the western hemisphere) and half a millennium. Charles Kindleberger highlights the development of financial institutions to meet emerging needs, and the similarities and contrasts in the handling of financial problems such as transferring resources from one country to another, stimulating investment, or financing war and cleaning up the resulting monetary mess. The first half of the book covers money, banking and finance from 1450 to 1913; the second deals in considerably finer detail with the twentieth century. This major work casts current issues in historical perspective and throws light on the fascinating, and far from orderly, evolution of financial institutions and the management of financial problems. Comprehensive, critical and cosmopolitan, this book is both an outstanding work of reference and essential reading for all those involved in the study and practice of finance, be they economic historians, financial experts, scholarly bankers or students of money and banking. This groundbreaking work was first published in 1984.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Money Introduction 2. The Evolution of Money in Western Europe 3. Bank Money 4. Bimetallism and the Emergence of Gold Standard Part 2: Banking Introduction 5. English and Scottish Banking 6. French Banking 7. German Banking 8. Italian and Spanish Banking Part 3: Finance Introduction 9. Government Finance 10. Private Finance, Individuals and Families 11. Private Finance - The Corporation 12. Foreign Investment - Dutch, British, French and German Experience to 1914 13. Transfer Cases 14. Foreign Lending - Political and Analytical Aspects 15. Financial Crises Part 4: The Interwar Period Introduction 16. War Finance, Reparations, War Debts 17. German Postwar Inflation 18. The Restoration of the Pound to Par 19. Stabilization of the Franc 20. The 1929 Depression 21. The 1930s Part 5: After World War II Introduction 22. German Finance In and After World War II 23. Lend-Lease, the British Loan, the Marshall Plan 24. European Financial Integration
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415436533

Description

This is the first history of finance - broadly defined to include money, banking, capital markets, public and private finance, international transfers etc. - that covers Western Europe (with an occasional glance at the western hemisphere) and half a millennium. Charles Kindleberger highlights the development of financial institutions to meet emerging needs, and the similarities and contrasts in the handling of financial problems such as transferring resources from one country to another, stimulating investment, or financing war and cleaning up the resulting monetary mess. The first half of the book covers money, banking and finance from 1450 to 1913; the second deals in considerably finer detail with the twentieth century. This major work casts current issues in historical perspective and throws light on the fascinating, and far from orderly, evolution of financial institutions and the management of financial problems. Comprehensive, critical and cosmopolitan, this book is both an outstanding work of reference and essential reading for all those involved in the study and practice of finance, be they economic historians, financial experts, scholarly bankers or students of money and banking. This groundbreaking work was first published in 1984.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Money Introduction 2. The Evolution of Money in Western Europe 3. Bank Money 4. Bimetallism and the Emergence of Gold Standard Part 2: Banking Introduction 5. English and Scottish Banking 6. French Banking 7. German Banking 8. Italian and Spanish Banking Part 3: Finance Introduction 9. Government Finance 10. Private Finance, Individuals and Families 11. Private Finance - The Corporation 12. Foreign Investment - Dutch, British, French and German Experience to 1914 13. Transfer Cases 14. Foreign Lending - Political and Analytical Aspects 15. Financial Crises Part 4: The Interwar Period Introduction 16. War Finance, Reparations, War Debts 17. German Postwar Inflation 18. The Restoration of the Pound to Par 19. Stabilization of the Franc 20. The 1929 Depression 21. The 1930s Part 5: After World War II Introduction 22. German Finance In and After World War II 23. Lend-Lease, the British Loan, the Marshall Plan 24. European Financial Integration

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  • NCID
    BA76382655
  • ISBN
    • 0415286190
    • 0415378508
    • 9780415378673
    • 9780415436533
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 525 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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