1st Edition

The History of Banking II, 1844-1959 Vol 3

By Duncan M Ross Copyright 1998
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    The role of banks and banking systems in facilitating and shaping the pattern of economic growth has been much explored in an attempt to understand differing levels of economic success in industrializing and mature economies. This is a collection of contributions to the understanding of this role.

    VOLUME III Bank Failures, Commercial Distress and Limited Liability: 13 Report of the Secret Committee of the House of Lords on Commercial Distress (1848) 14 Report of the Select Committee on the Bank Acts (1858) 15 Our Scotch banks and their position and policy, being a practical plan for limited liability (1878) 16 Extracts from History, principles and practice of banking (1907) 17 The banks and the panic of 1893 (1894) 18 History of crises under the National Banking System (1910)

    Biography

    Duncan M Ross