Capitals of capital :: a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005 /

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...

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Main Author: Cassis, Youssef
Other Authors: Collier, Jacqueline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from e-book title screen (viewed January 8, 2008).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 385 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-367) and index.
ISBN:0511334648
9780511334641
9780511335228
0511335229
9780511607424
0511607423
1281040290
9781281040299
9780521845359
0521845351

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