{"product_id":"finance-and-financiers-in-european-history-1880-1960-hardback-9780521400244","title":"Finance and Financiers in European History 1880–1960 (Hardback) 9780521400244","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFinance and Financiers in European History 1880–1960\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly distinguished team of contributors addresses the complex and crucial role of finance in European history during the period 1880–1960.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYoussef Cassis (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521400244, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 December 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.792 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This volume, to its credit, raises as many interesting questions as it answers.\"   Journal of Economic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this major 'state of the art' survey, a highly distinguished team of contributors addresses the complex and crucial role of finance in European history during the period 1880–1960. Throughout the volume a comparative, global perspective is used in the analysis of a problem that may in fact be perceived at four levels. Firstly, the economic: what was the weight of the financial sector in a given economy? Secondly, the social: what was the specific position of the financial élites in society? Thirdly, the political: what was the impact of financial interests in politics? And finally the international: how was Europe's position as the 'world's banker' established, then gradually eroded?. Six European countries (the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland) are singled out for particular attention, and the rise of extra-European centres of financial power (notably USA and Japan) is considered in an extended concluding section. Both subjects and authors are truly international, and Finance and Financiers in European History makes a substantial contribution to an area of economic activity that is returning forcefully to the historical agenda.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the weight of finance in European societies Y. Cassis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Banking and industrialisation: Rondo Cameron twenty years on Sidney Pollard and Dieter Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Financial Sector and Economy: 3. The domestic commercial banks and the City of London, 1870–1939 P. L. Cottrell\u003cbr\u003e 4. Banks and state in France from the 1880s to the 1930s: the impossible advance of the banks Andre Gueslin\u003cbr\u003e 5. An overview on the role of the large German banks up to 1914 Richard Tilly\u003cbr\u003e 6. Banks and economic development: comments Harold James\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Financial Elites and Society: 7. Financial elites and British society, 1880–1950 M. J. Daunton\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bankers in French society 1860s–1960s Alain Plessis\u003cbr\u003e 9. The banker in German society, 1890 to 1930 Dolores L. Augustine\u003cbr\u003e 10. Financial élites and society: comments Jose Harris\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Financial Interests and Politics: 11. The influence of the City over British economic policy, c.1880–1960 E. H. H. Green\u003cbr\u003e 12. The political influence of bankers and financiers in France in the years 1850–1960 Hubert Bonin\u003cbr\u003e 13. Banks and banking in Germany after the First World War: strategies of defence Gerald D. Feldman\u003cbr\u003e 14. Banks and bankers in the German interwar depression Harold James\u003cbr\u003e 15. Finance and politics: comments M. J. Daunton\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Finance and Financiers in Smaller European Countries: 16. Finance and financiers in Switzerland, 1880–1960 Y. Cassis and Jakob Tanner (with Fabienne Debrunner)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Finance and financiers in Belgium, 1880–1940 G. Kurgan vann Hentenryk\u003cbr\u003e 18. The political economy of banking: retail banking and corporate finance in Sweden, 1850–1939 Mats Larsson and Hakan Lindgren\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Rise of Extra-European Financial Centres: 19. Money and power: the shift from Great Britain to the United States Kathleen Burk\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Yokohama Specie Bank during the period of the restored Gold Standard in Japan (January 1930–December 1931) Hiroaki Yamaziki\u003cbr\u003e 21. International financial centres in Asia, the Middle East and Australia: a historical perspective Geoffrey Jones\u003cbr\u003e 22. Extra-financial centres: comments Mira Wilkins.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005904212248,"sku":"9780521400244","price":92.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521400244i_90621ec7-6123-4465-8425-4ce589092bdb.jpg?v=1691381119","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/finance-and-financiers-in-european-history-1880-1960-hardback-9780521400244","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}