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1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Series |
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 23
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-229) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Explaining cross-national variations in universal banking in nineteenth-century Europe, North America and Australasia; Banks and securities markets 1870 1914; Competing in tandem: securities markets and commercial banking patterns in Europe during the nineteenth century; On the development of universal banking in Germany; The early development of universal banking in Italy in an adverse institutional context, 1850 1914. |
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The origins of universal banks in France during the nineteenth centuryBanking systems as ~ideal types~ and as political economy: the Swedish case, 1820 1914; The development of a hybrid structure in Norway: banks and economic change in the European periphery, 1870 1913; Universal banking in Russia; Bank structures, Gerschenkron and Portugal (pre-1914); Works cited; Index. |
| Summary |
This book poses a systematic challenge to Gerschenkron's 1950s thesis on universal banks. With contributions from leading scholars including Ranald Michie and Jaime Reis, it provides solid and intriguing arguments throughout. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gerschenkron, Alexander.
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Gerschenkron, Alexander. |
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Banks and banking -- History.
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Banks and banking. |
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History. |
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Investment banking -- History.
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Investment banking. |
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Universal banks -- History.
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Universal banks. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Forsyth, Douglas J. (Douglas James), 1955-
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Verdier, Daniel, 1954-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Origins of national financial systems. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415301688 (DLC) 2002026932 (OCoLC)50164694 |
| ISBN |
0203222113 (ebook) |
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9780203222119 (ebook) |
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9780415301688 |
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0415301688 |
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0415301688 |
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9786610180646 |
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6610180644 |
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