Capitals of Capital: The Rise and Fall of International Financial Centres 1780–2009 - Softcover

Cassis, Youssef

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521144043 ISBN 13: 9780521144049

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This is the first history of international financial centres and of the major stake that they now represent in the global economy. Youssef Cassis, one of the world's leading financial historians, provides a fascinating comparative history of the most important centres that constitute the capitals of capital - New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. The book explores the dynamics of the rise and decline of these great centres from the beginning of the industrial age up to the present, setting them throughout in their economic, political, social, and cultural context and drawing on concepts from financial economics in its analysis of events. This paperback edition has been fully updated to take account of the challenges posed by the financial collapse of 2007-8 and offers the longer term framework necessary to understand the ongoing economic crisis facing capitals of capital today.

About this title

Book Description:

This acclaimed history of international financial centres has been updated to cover the challenges posed by the financial collapse of 2007-8. Exploring the dynamics of the rise and decline of the financial centres, it provides the longer term framework necessary to understand the crisis gripping capitals of capital today.

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521144043
• ISBN 13: 9780521144049
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 408