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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154618203321

Titolo

Finance and modernization : a transnational and transcontinental perspective for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / / edited by Gerald D. Feldman [died] and Peter Hertner ; co-edited by Monika Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-93649-2

1-138-26559-4

1-315-25525-1

9781315255255

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Studies in Banking and Financial History

Altri autori (Persone)

FeldmanGerald D

HertnerPeter

Disciplina

332.1094/09034

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Asia - History - 19th century

Banks and banking - Asia - History - 20th century

Banks and banking - Europe - History - 19th century

Banks and banking - Europe - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Banking in Austria and Vienna -- pt. 2. Stock markets, railroad finance, and information networks -- pt. 3. Modernization of banking in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Greece -- pt. 4. The evolution of modern banking in the Far East.

Sommario/riassunto

Finance and Modernization centres on a set of historical developments and problems typified by the long history of the Ã-sterreichische Creditanstalt and its successor organizations, and opens the way to compare and contrast experiences throughout Central and Western Europe and also on other continents. The structure of this volume reflects the changing role and nature of banks as economies become industrialized and modernized. Although banks adapt to the needs of an industrializing economy, at the same time, industrialization influences the manner in which banking systems grow and the structures which they adopt. Beginning with studies of the Austrian



banks, their development and their crises, the volume then moves on to look at case studies of important aspects of financial activity - German stock markets, railroad investment, and information networks. This is followed by a section on country studies of banking modernization in Sweden, the Netherlands and Greece. Finally, the collection concludes with two chapters, one on banking in China and the other on banking in India, certainly both of intrinsic interest and of importance in an era of globalization. Professor Teichova, one of the great scholars in the field, concludes with reflections on the individual contributions and the general problems addressed in this book.