Capitals of Capital

The Rise and Fall of International Financial Centres 1780-2009
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-521-14404-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 589 g

This is the first history of international financial centres and of the major stake that they now represent in the global economy. Youssef Cassis, one of the world's leading financial historians, provides a fascinating comparative history of the most important centres that constitute the capitals of capital - New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. The book explores the dynamics of the rise and decline of these great centres from the beginning of the industrial age up to the present, setting them throughout in their economic, political, social, and cultural context and drawing on concepts from financial economics in its analysis of events. This paperback edition has been fully updated to take account of the challenges posed by the financial collapse of 2007–2008 and offers the longer term framework necessary to understand the ongoing economic crisis facing capitals of capital today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cassis, Youssef

Weitere Mitwirkende

Collier, Jacqueline

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Internationale Finanzmärkte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationale Finanzmärkte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The age of private bankers, 1780–1840; 2. The concentration of capital, 1840–1875; 3. A globalised world, 1875–1914; 4. Wars and depression, 1914–1945; 5. Growth and regulation, 1945–1980; 6. Globalisation, innovation and crisis, 1980–2009; Conclusion; Glossary.

Über Autor(innen)

Cassis, Youssef
Youssef Cassis is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Geneva. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on this subject include City Bankers 1890–1914 (1994) and Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997).