Overview

A text which covers the critical period in the history of banking from the late 17th century to the Bank Charter Act of 1844. It contains the most important tracts, treatises and pamphlets which trace the development of the early modern banking system. The growing interest in banks within the financial markets has led to the development of a parallel interest in the origins and progress of the sector - both for its own sake and also as a guide to policy on issues such as regulation which are highly topical today. This edition brings together the most important English language tracts and pamphlets and other material on the origins and development of private banking, joint stock banking, central banking and the important related questions. It covers the critical period in the history of banking from the founding of the government-sponsored banks (eg. Bank of England, 1694, Bank of Scotland, 1695) in the late seventeenth-century to the Bank Charter Bank, 1844 and beyond.

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'There are many fascinating texts in this work, particularly on nineteenth-century banking issues ...' - Antoin E Murphy, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' - Charles Munn, Business History 'The verdict must be that both editor and publisher deserve as much praise for producing this exceptionally impressive collection.' - Philip Ollerenshaw, Economic History Journal

'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years ... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking ... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' Business History 'a splendid selection of all the important writings on British banking history down to the mid-nineteenth century, much of it accessible only with difficulty before, made available to scholars all over the world for the first time.' Financial History Review

Author Information

Forrest Capie is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, City University Business School. He is the series editor of Edward Elgar's International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History, and editor of Major Inflations in History (1991), Protectionism in the World Economy (1993), and co-editor of Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order (1991).

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