Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres 1780â€“2005

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This updated edition of the first comparative history of international financial centres incorporates the crisis gripping capitals of capital today.

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List of tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The age of private bankers, 1780-1840	p. 7
The grandeur and decline of Amsterdam	p. 9
The rise of the City of London	p. 15
The revival of Paris	p. 24
The lesser centres	p. 31
Interactions and networks of relationships	p. 37
The concentration of capital, 1840-1875	p. 41
The banking revolution	p. 42
The railway adventure	p. 54
Rivalry between London and Paris	p. 60
The rise and fall of the lesser centres	p. 68
A globalised world, 1875-1914	p. 74
The globalisation of the world economy	p. 75
World financial capital: the City of London	p. 83
A brilliant second: Paris	p. 101
The rise of Berlin	p. 108
The rising star: New York	p. 114
Niches and specialisations	p. 124
Competition and cooperation	p. 131
The Belle Epoque of the bankers	p. 135
Wars and depression, 1914-1945	p. 143
The Great War	p. 144
The roaring twenties	p. 152
The years of crisis	p. 180
The Second World War	p. 193
Growth and regulation, 1945-1980	p. 200
The difficult return to convertibility	p. 204
The birth and development of the Euromarkets	p. 219
The dawn of globalisation	p. 235
Globalisation and financial innovations, 1980-2005	p. 242
The new world economy	p. 242
The leading financial centres at the Dawn of the twenty-first Century	p. 261
Conclusion	p. 279
Glossary	p. 288
Notes	p. 297
Bibliography	p. 348
Index	p. 368
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