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UNINA9910781327103321 |
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Autore |
Crombois Jean-Francois. |
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Titolo |
Camille Gutt and postwar international finance / / by Jean F. Crombois |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-317-32364-5 |
1-315-65596-9 |
1-317-32365-3 |
1-283-14024-1 |
9786613140241 |
1-84893-059-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Financial history ; ; no. 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International finance - History - 20th century |
Finance ministers - Belgium - 20th century |
Diplomacy - History - 20th century |
International relations - History - 20th century |
International economic relations - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2011 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Camille Gutt, Finance and Politics; 2. Belgian War Financial Diplomacy; 3. Financial Diplomacy in London during the Second World War; 4. Extending the Benelux Agreements; 5. The Birth of a Monetary System; 6. Camille Gutt, First Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Conclusion; Glossary of Names; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As a businessman, financier, diplomat, minister and the first managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Camille Gutt (1884-1971) was involved in all the important financial negotiations that took place between the 1920s and the 1950s. Crombois uses Gutt's personal archives to examine the rise and fall of financial diplomacy as a largely private enterprise. He looks at how financial diplomacy and official diplomacy differed, and confronts the confusion between private and public interests, the high level of informality in the financial sector and |
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