Sign in with Google
Sign in with Facebook
Capitals of capital : a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005 / Youssef Cassis ; [translated from the French by Jacqueline Collier Jespersen].
Youssef Cassis
BookLanguage:
שפה נוכחית
Capitals of capital
Enlarge text Shrink text- Book
International financial centres have come to represent a major economic stake. Yet no historical study has been devoted to them. Professor Cassis, a leading financial historian, attempts to fill this gap by providing a comparative history of the most important centres that constitute the capitals of capital - New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore - from the beginning of the industrial age up to the present. The book has been conceived as a reflection on the dynamics of the rise and decline of international financial centres, setting them in their economic, political, social, and cultural context. While rooted in a strong and lively historical narrative, it draws on the concepts of financial economics in its analysis of events. It should widely appeal to business and finance professionals as well as to scholars and students in financial and economic history.
| Title |
Capitals of capital : a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005 / Youssef Cassis translated by Jacqueline Collier [electronic resource] |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Creation Date |
2006 |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-367) and index. English |
| Content |
List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The age of private bankers, 1780-1840 -- The grandeur and decline of Amsterdam -- The rise of the City of London -- The revival of Paris -- The lesser centres -- Interactions and networks of relationships -- 2. The concentration of capital, 1840-1875 -- The banking revolution -- The railway adventure -- Rivalry between London and Paris -- The rise and fall of the lesser centres -- 3. A globalised world, 1875-1914 -- The globalisation of the world economy -- World financial capital : the City of London -- A brilliant second : Paris -- The rise of Berlin -- The rising star : New York -- Niches and specialisations -- Competition and cooperation -- The Belle Epoque of the bankers. 4. Wars and depression, 1914-1945 -- The Great War -- The roaring twenties -- The years of crisis -- The Second World War -- 5. Growth and regulation, 1945-1980 -- The difficult return to convertibility -- The birth and development of the Euromarkets -- The dawn of globalisation -- 6. Globalisation and financial innovation, 1980-2005 -- The new world economy -- The leading financial centres at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Extent |
1 online resource (xiv, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010714025505171 |
MARC RECORDS
Have more information? Found a mistake?
