The City's Defense

The Bank of England and the Remaking of Economic Governance, 1914-1939
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-67188-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Gewicht: 250 g

Reihe: Studies in Macroeconomic History

In The City's Defense, Robert Yee examines how the City of London maintained its status as an international financial center. He traces the role of the Bank of England in restructuring the domestic, imperial, European, and international monetary system in the aftermath of the First World War. Responding to mass unemployment and volatile exchange rates, the Bank expanded its reach into areas outside the traditional scope of central banking, including industrial policy and foreign affairs. It designed a system of economic governance that reinforced the preeminence of sterling as a reserve currency. Drawing on a range of archival evidence from national governments, private corporations, and international organizations, Yee reevaluates our understanding of Britain's impact on the global economic order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yee, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The old guard; 2. Sir Henry Strakosch and reconstruction; 3. Economic statistics; 4. Defending the gold standard; 5. Henry Clay and industrial reform; 6. The Niemeyer missions; 7. The Empire Central Banks; 8. The road to exchange control; 9. Authority restored; Epilogue; Appendix: Primary sources; Secondary sources.

Über Autor(innen)

Yee, Robert
Robert Yee teaches history at the University of Oxford, where he is the David Richards Junior Research Fellow in Economic History at Wadham College. He received his Ph.D. in history from Princeton University.