International Banking 1870-1914

by Cameron, Rondo; Bovykin, V. I.; Anan'ich, Boris; Fursenko, A. A.; Sylla, Richard; Wilkins, Mira

• ISBN13: 9780195062717
• ISBN10: 019506271X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-03-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book, the product of a unique international scholarly collaboration sponsored jointly by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Soviet Academy of Sciences, provides a comprehensive survey on international banking from 1870 to 1914. In that period international investment reached dimensions previously unknown, and the banking systems of the world achieved a degree of internationalization without precedent. The book's authors, twenty-five scholars from fifteen countries, are the acknowledged experts in their fields. They detail the origin and development of internationally oriented banks in each major country, and explain their role in foreign investment and industrial finance. They look at all areas of the world that were involved in international investment, either as investors, recipients of investment, or both. The definitive work on international banking from 1870 to 1914, this book will interest scholars and students in financial and banking history, bankers and economists in the finanical industry, and general historians.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
International Factors in the Formation of Banking Systems
Great Britain	p. 25
U.S. Banks in International Finance	p. 48
The Case of the French Banks	p. 72
International Aspects of the Development of German Banking	p. 90
Belgium	p. 113
The Role of International Factors in the Formation of the Banking System in Russia	p. 130
Banking and Finance in the Danish Economy	p. 159
Sweden	p. 174
Banks and Banking in Canada and Australia	p. 189
Japan	p. 214
Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment
Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment in the United States	p. 233
Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment in Russia	p. 253
Banking and Financial Relations between Russia and the United States	p. 291
The Austro-Hungarian Banking System	p. 319
Foreign Capital in the Italian Banking Sector	p. 345
The Banking System and Foreign Capital in Brazil	p. 351
Extra-Regional Banks and Investments in China	p. 371
European Banks in the Middle East	p. 406
International Banking and Multinational Enterprise
The Oil Industry	p. 443
Banking and the Electrotechnical Industry in Western Europe	p. 468
Iron and Steel	p. 485
International Harvester and Its Competitors	p. 499
Conclusions	p. 517
Notes	p. 539
Index	p. 627
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