J.Henry Schroder Wagg & Co has been a leading merchant bank of the City of London for more than a century. This book tells its history, from its founding in 1818 by John Henry Schroder, a Hamburg merchant, through difficult times in the international slump of the early 1930s, to its rise to one of the largest and most prestigious of city firms in London today.
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J.Henry Schroder Wagg & Co has been a leading merchant bank of the City of London for more than a century.
List of Plates - List of Maps - List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - Acknowledgements - Note on Terminology - PART 1: HAMBURG AND LONDON 1654-1918 - Origins in Quakenbr ck and Hamburg: 1654-1821 - Johann Heinrich Schroder in London, Hamburg and Liverpool: 1800-1849 - Emergence as Leading Merchant Bankers: 1849-1871 - Boom, Recession and Recovery: 1871-1892 - Anglo-German High Finance: 1892-1914 - The First World War: 1914-1918 - PART 2: LONDON AND NEW YORK 1919-1959 - Prosperity Amidst European Instability: 1918-1931 - The New World Beckons: Schrobanco, 1923- 1935 - 'Standstill', Depression and War: 1931-1945 - Leadership from New York: Schrobanco 1935-1962 - Recovery and Growth in London: 1945-1959 - Helbert, Wagg & Co: 1848-1960 - PART 3: THE INTERNATIONAL FIRM SINCE 1960 - Schroder Wagg, 1960-1973 - International Expansion: 1960-1973 - Schroders Since 1973 - Appendices - Note on Sources - Notes - Index
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'For anyone even vaguely interested in the City, the book is worth dipping into to get a feeling of how one of the most successful British merchant banks operates.' - Investors Chronicle
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781349096527
Publisert
1992-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter