Title: Capitals of capital : a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005 /
Authors: Cassis, Youssef; Collier, Jacqueline
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial institutions, International.; Banks and banking History; Finance History; Financial institutions, International History.; International finance History
Abstract: 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.
Contents: The age of private bankers, 1780-1840 -- The concentration of capital, 1840-1875 -- A globalised world, 1875-1914 -- Wars and depression, 1914-1945 -- Growth and regulation, 1945-1980 -- Globalisation and financial innovations, 1980-2005 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Conversion tables.