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Capitals of capital : a history of international financial centres, 1780-2005
Capitales du capital. English
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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 th...
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.
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- Creator
- Youssef Cassis ; translated by Jacqueline Collier
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- English
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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- xiv, 385 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521845351, 9780521845359
- OCLC
- ocm80013897
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-367) and index.
- Translated from the French.
- List of tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The age of private bankers, 1780-1840 -- The grandeur and decline of Amsterdam -- The rise of the City of London -- The revival of Paris -- The lesser centres -- Interactions and networks of relationships -- 2. The concentration of capital, 1840-1875 -- The banking revolution -- The railway adventure -- Rivalry between London and Paris -- The rise and fall of the lesser centres -- 3. A globalised world, 1875-1914 -- The globalisation of the world economy -- World financial capital : the City of London -- A brilliant second : Paris -- The rise of Berlin -- The rising star : New York -- Niches and specialisations -- Competition and cooperation -- The Belle Epoque of the bankers
- 4. Wars and depression, 1914-1945 -- The Great War -- The roaring twenties -- The years of crisis -- The Second World War -- 5. Growth and regulation, 1945-1980 -- The difficult return to convertibility -- The birth and development of the Euromarkets -- The dawn of globalisation -- 6. Globalisation and financial innovation, 1980-2005 -- The new world economy -- The leading financial centres at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index