Banking, Trade and Industry: Europe, America and Asia from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century

by Ginette Kurgan-van Hentenryk and Dieter Ziegler

Book Overview

The theme of this volume is challenging both in its scale and in its scope. Its purpose is to take account of the state of research and writing on the symbiotic relationship between banking, trade and industry and the state during the rise and expansion of capitalism, and to compare and assess the results in order to widen current perspectives. Topics covered range from the origins of banking in the Middle Ages, through the influence of banks in leading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521573610
• ISBN13: 9780521573610
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"