Author: Poovey, Mary ; editor:
Title: The Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003. orig.wrappers. 21x13cm, xvi,381 pp, PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ The Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain provides an introduction to the most important features of the financial system in nineteenth-century England: currency and credit instruments; the national debt and the stock exchange; banks and banking; and them money market, company law and financial fraud. Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scholars working in the field, the book consists of articles taken from a period's periodical and business press (the majority of which is printed in full), preceded by an editor's introduction that places these materials in their historical context" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: British Economic History, Finance, Financial System, Great Britain, Economy, Nineteenth Century, , ,