
The World of Private Banking
Ashgate Publishing Limited
1st Edition
Published on 10. November 2009
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-85928-432-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the role of private banking changed in response to the political and economic transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was in this period, and the succeeding Golden Age of private banking from 1815 to the 1870s, that many of the great names this book treats rose to fame: Baring, Rothschild, Mallet and Hottinger became synonymous with wealth and economic power, as German, French and the remarkably long-lasting Geneva banks flourished and expanded. The last parts of this study detail the way in which private banking adapted to the age of the corporate economy from the 1870s to the 1930s, the decline during and after the Great Depression and the post-war renaissance. It concludes with an appraisal of the causes and consequences of the modern expansion of private banking: no longer the exclusive preserve of partnerships, the management of investment portfolios of wealthy individuals and institutions is now a major concern of international joint-stock banks.
Reviews / Votes
Rated as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor '... like good museums, this book repays a visit, has much to teach about the present, and presents important things knowledgably and with style.' EH.NET '... this collection of essays not only lays out a broad research agenda for the next generation of financial historians, but it also provides them with insights into the abundant resources located in private banks' archives.' Economic History ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
661 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85928-432-2 (9781859284322)
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Youssef Cassis | Philip Cottrell | Iain L. Fraser
The World of Private Banking
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12/2016
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Youssef Cassis | Philip Cottrell | Iain L. Fraser
The World of Private Banking
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12/2016
Routledge
€78.99
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Youssef Cassis | Philip Cottrell | Iain L. Fraser
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Persons
Youssef Cassis is from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and Philip Cottrell is from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Leicester with Monika Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser
Content
Contents: Introduction; The rise of the Rothschilds: the family firm as multinational, Niall Ferguson; The Rothschild archive, Victor Gray with Melanie Asprey; Private banks and the onset of the corporate economy, Youssef Cassis; London's first 'big bang'? Institutional change in the City, 1855-83, Philip L. Cottrell; Banking and family archives, Fiona Maccoll; The Anglo-American houses in the 19th century, Edwin J. Perkins; The Parisian 'haute banque' and the international economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Alain Plessis; Private banks and international finance in the light of the archives of Baring Brothers, John Orbell; German private banks and German industry, 1830-1938, Dieter Ziegler; Private bankers and Italian industrialisation, Luciano Segreto; Private banks and industry in the light of the archives of Bank Sal. Oppenheim Jr & Cie, Cologne, Gabriele Teichmann; Jewish private banks, Ginette Kurgan-van Hentenryk; Protestant banking, Martin KA?rner; Private bankers and philanthropy: the City of London, 1880s-1920s, Pat Thane; Hereditary calling, inherited refinement: the private bankers of the City of London, 1914-1986, David Kynaston; Bibliography; Index.