03498oam 2200433 450 991046823170332120230823002040.03-030-63361-610.1007/978-3-030-63361-5(CKB)4100000011659427(MiAaPQ)EBC6425607(DE-He213)978-3-030-63361-5(EXLCZ)99410000001165942720210602d2020 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrivate bankers in the Italian 19th century the Parodi of Genoa in the national and international context /Luciano Maffi1st ed. 2020.Cham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2020]©20201 online resource (XVIII, 236 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.) Palgrave Studies in Economic History,2662-64973-030-63360-8 Chapter 1. The bankers -- Chapter 2. The Parodi Bankers -- Chapter 3. Banking Institutions -- Chapter 4. Financial intermediation: the Rothschilds and the private bankers in the Kingdom of Sardinia -- Chapter 5. Private bankers in the economic and political system of unified Italy -- Chapter 6. The Parodis after the Italian unification.The book analyses the role of private bankers who were pivotal in modernizing the economic and financial system of Italy in the XIX century. To achieve this they needed to interact with the international haute banque to organize and place the public loans and the large investments associated with the joint-stock companies. The theme of reputation, which is currently at the centre of the historiographical debate, is fundamental for the study of the private banker figures, whose professional success is linked to the limitless trust accorded to them by their circle of personal contacts. Historiography has studied the role of Italian bankers in the trade, credit and international finance during the modern age (XVI-XVIII centuries), but it has not analysed the banking system in the XIX century and its national and international relations. The case study of Banca Parodi of Genova fills the historiographical gap concerning the role of private bankers and banking institutions in Italy, highlighting the network between the Parodi family and the international haute banque; one of the most emblematic cases is the Rothschild family. The book presents a re-elaborates series of unpublished data, placing them at the disposal of the scientific community and analyses the role of private bankers in the development of Italian banking institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate. Luciano Maffi is Research Fellow in Economic History at the Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He teaches Economic History at the Catholic University in Milan. He was previously a research fellow at the University of Genoa and at the University of Brescia. He deals with economic, financial and social history, with particular attention to the private bankers in XIX century. .Palgrave Studies in Economic History,2662-6497ItalyEconomic conditions19th century330.94509Maffi Luciano328429MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910468231703321Private bankers in the Italian 19th century2208284UNINA