Private Banking in Europe : Rise, Retreat, and Resurgence
Cassis, YoussefAuthor
Cottrell, P. LContributor
Cottrell, P. LAuthor
For centuries private bankers owned and managed their banks, usually with unlimited liability. In the mid-19th century they faced increasing competition. This book traces the rise and decline of this original form of banking, and its revival in the late 20th century as a response to the development of a new market - the management of personal wealth.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For centuries private bankers owned and managed their banks, usually with unlimited liability. In the mid-19th century they faced increasing competition. This book traces the rise and decline of this original form of banking, and its revival in the late 20th century as a response to the development of a new market - the management of personal wealth.
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Instruments, Institutions, Centres, and Networks: Developing the Structural Framework, c. 1300 -- 1700 -- 2.Public and Private Markets for Capital and Credit, 1688 -- 1793 -- 3.War and Economic Transformation, 1793 -- 1815 -- 4.Golden Age, 1815 -- 1870 -- 5.The Onset of the Corporate Economy, 1870 -- 1914 -- 6.Indian Summer, 1914 -- 1931 -- 7.Decline and Renaissance, 1931 -- 2015.
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