European Banks and the Rise of International Finance

The post-Bretton Woods era

Carlo Edoardo Altamura

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English

Routledge
17 August 2016

International finance; Economic history; Banking

Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

The banking and financial sector has expanded dramatically in the last forty years, and the consequences of this accelerated growth have been felt by people around the world.

European Banks and the Rise of International Finance examines the historical origins of the financialised world we live in by analysing the transformations in world finance which occurred in the decade from the first oil crisis of 1973, until the debt crisis of 1982. This a crucial and formative decade for understanding the modern financial landscape, but it is still mostly unexplored in economic and financial history. The availability of new archival evidence has allowed for the re-examination of issues such as the progressive privatisation of international financial flows to Less Developed Countries, especially in Latin America and South-East Asia, and its impact on the expansion of the European banking sector, and for the development of an invaluable financial and political history.

This book is well suited for those interested in monetary economics and economic history, as well as those studying international political economy, banking history and Financial history.

By: Carlo Edoardo Altamura
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781138191563
ISBN 10: 1138191566
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 17 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Archives List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface INTRODUCTION - ‘Post Fata Resurgo’: At the Origins of Modern Finance CHAPTER I - Halcyon Days CHAPTER II- Half Measures CHAPTER III- The Impact of Oil CHAPTER IV- Full Measures CHAPTER V- Wuthering Heights References

Carlo Edoardo Altamura is a postdoctoral fellow at the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, a visiting college research associate at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK, and a visiting scholar at the Faculty of History of the University of Cambridge, UK. His interests lie in post-war banking and financial history in the West and in the developing regions.