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  • The Worldwide Legacy of Haute Banque

    From 19th to 21st century

    Edited by Roger Nougaret, Hubert Bonin ...
    The Haute Banque, an elite form of private or merchant banking, emerged in France in the early 19th century, reached its peak around 1850-1860 before declining in the early 20th century and almost disappearing in the 1960s-1980s. Often characterized by their religious origins and family networks, these banking houses escape a clear definition. Their expansion is not limited to France, as banks ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Colonial and Imperial Banking History

    Edited by Hubert Bonin, Nuno Valério ...
    Series series Banking, Money and International Finance
    This book sheds new light on the role played by European banks in the economic colonization of much of the globe. Based on previously unused archival material, it examines the origins and development of imperial banking systems. Contributors utilize new developments and methodology in business history to explore a broad range of countries including Cuba, Brazil, Portugal, South Africa and Algeria ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Investment Banking History

    National and Comparative Issues (19th-21st centuries)

    Series Book 78 - Euroclio
    The recent financial and banking crisis did reveal the discrepancy between internal management rules and the demands for stability within the divisions of corporate and investment banking by universal banks or within pure investment banks. Their mastership of risks did not balance the variety and breadth of operations, at the expense of transparent and well-structured balance sheets.The book ... Read more

    $92.59 USD

  • Banking in China (1890s–1940s)

    Business in the French Concessions

    by Hubert Bonin ...
    Series series Banking, Money and International Finance
    From the 1890s to the 1940s, French State and entrepreneurial companies were enticed to promote French interests, beyond mere colonial targets, for the sake of economic patriotism. Chinese concessions, not including Hong Kong, were thus inserted into geo-economic moves, and French stakeholders asserted their philosophy of competition, and displayed their means of influence and investment. In this ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • French Banking and Entrepreneurialism in China and Hong Kong

    From the 1850s to 1980s

    by Hubert Bonin ...
    Series series Banking, Money and International Finance
    Many books have addressed the economic and financial history of Hong Kong, and the imperialist conflicts in the key Chinese port-cities but very few books have explored French initiatives and performance in this area, beyond diplomacy, geopolitics or cultural issues. In this book, Hubert Bonin confronts arguments about "the great divergence", "the first globalisation", and forms of "economic ... Read more

    $62.99 USD