'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years ... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking ... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' Business History 'a splendid selection of all the important writings on British banking history down to the mid-nineteenth century, much of it accessible only with difficulty before, made available to scholars all over the world for the first time.' Financial History Review

This edition brings together the most important English language tracts and pamphlets and other material on the origins and development of private banking, joint stock banking, central banking and other important related questions.
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This edition brings together the most important English language tracts and pamphlets and other material on the origins and development of private banking, joint stock banking, central banking and other important related questions.
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VOLUME I General Introduction, Money, Volume II Usury, VOLUME III Financial Revolution, VOLUME IV English Banking, VOLUME V Scottish and Irish Banks, Savings Banks, VOLUME VI Government Banking, VOLUME VII Central Banking, VOLUME VIII Restriction, VOLUME IX Joint Stock Banking, VOLUME X Monetary Conditions, Index
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Product details

ISBN
9781851961269
Published
1993-10-05
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Weight
7960 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Number of pages
3884

Biographical note

Forrest Capie is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, City University Business School. He is the series editor of Edward Elgar's International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History, and editor of Major Inflations in History (1991), Protectionism in the World Economy (1993), and co-editor of Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order (1991).