Capitals of capital
Subtitle: a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005
By: Youssef Cassis ; translated by Jacqueline Collier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780521845359
Subjects: Financial institutions, International -- History; International finance -- History; Banks and banking -- History; Finance -- History
Work titles: Les capitales du capital :histoire des places financières internationales, 1780-2005.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-367) and index

Translated from the French
Table of contents: title: The age of private bankers, 1780-1840; title: The concentration of capital, 1840-1875; title: A globalised world, 1875-1914; title: Wars and depression, 1914-1945; title: Growth and regulation, 1945-1980; title: Globalisation and financial innovation, 1980-2005