International financial centres have come to represent a major economic stake. Yet no historical study has been devoted to them. Professor Cassis, a leading financial historian, attempts to fill this gap by providing a comparative history of the most important centres that constitute the capitals of capital - New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore - from the beginning of the industrial age up to the present. The book has been conceived as a reflection on the dynamics of the rise and decline of international financial centres, setting them in their economic, political, social, and cultural context. While rooted in a strong and lively historical narrative, it draws on the concepts of financial economics in its analysis of events. It should widely appeal to business and finance professionals as well as to scholars and students in financial and economic history.
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).
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.
'… useful reading for anyone interested in the antecedents of today's vibrant international financial markets.' Foreign Affairs
Youssef Cassis, Giuseppe De Luca, Massimo Florio, Florence) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Joint Chair RSCAS/Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, University of Milan) De Luca, Giuseppe (Professor of Economic History, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan) Florio, Massimo (Professor of Public Economics and Jean Monnet Chair "Ad personam " of EU Industrial Policy, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, Giuseppe de Luca
Youssef Cassis, Youssef Cassis, Andrea Colli, Harm Schröter, European University Institute) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University) Colli, Andrea (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, University of Bergen) Schroter, Harm (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Institute of AHKR, Harm Schroter
WOJCIK CASSIS, Youssef Cassis, Dariusz Wójcik, Firenze) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, Oxford University) Wojcik, Dariusz (Professor of Economic Geography, at the School of Geography and the Environment and Fellow of St Peters College Oxford, Professor of Economic Geography, at the School of Geography and the Environment and Fellow of St Peters College Oxford
Youssef Cassis, Catherine R. Schenk, Florence) Cassis, Youssef (Research Professor, Research Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, University of Oxford) Schenk, Catherine R. (Professor of Economic and Social History, Professor of Economic and Social History, Catherine R Schenk
Cassis Et Al, Youssef Cassis, Richard S. Grossman, Catherine R. Schenk, European University Institute) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Wesleyan University) Grossman, Richard S. (Professor of Economics, University of Glasgow) Schenk, Catherine R. (Professor of International Economic History, Professor of International Economic History
Youssef Cassis, Youssef Cassis, Andrea Colli, Harm Schröter, European University Institute) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University) Colli, Andrea (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, University of Bergen) Schroter, Harm (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, Institute of AHKR, Harm Schroter
Youssef Cassis, Giuseppe De Luca, Massimo Florio, Florence) Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Joint Chair RSCAS/Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute, University of Milan) De Luca, Giuseppe (Professor of Economic History, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan) Florio, Massimo (Professor of Public Economics and Jean Monnet Chair "Ad personam " of EU Industrial Policy, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, Giuseppe de Luca