Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking
Subtitle: Exploring the History and Archives of Banking at Times of Political and Social Stress (Studies in Banking History)
Contributors: Edwin Green (Editor); John R. Lampe (Editor); Franjo Stiblar (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780754633587
Subjects: Banking; 20th century; Business/Economics; Banks and banking; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; History; Financial institutions; Congresses; Banks & Banking; Modern - 20th Century; Europe
First sentence: 'I should be much obliged,' wrote the senior partner of Barings, Lord Revelstoke, to the Imperial Russian Ambassador in London, Count Benckendorff, 'if you would take an early opportunity ... of assuring the Ministry of Finance how entirely we are at the disposal of the Russian Government.'1