Synopses & Reviews
This volume provides a survey and examination of the roots of Swiss banking which lie deep in the history of both the Swiss people and Europe. The authors attempt to uncover the roots, and the historical circumstances surrounding them, of the banking system which is now the most successful in the world.
Synopsis
From historical beginnings to contemporary comparative analysis, this book offers an authoritative explanation and analysis of the success of the Swiss banks.
Synopsis
Frontispiece; Hans Bauer Acknowledgements Introductory PART ONE: THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD OF BANKING AND CURRENCY The Mediaeval Money Economy The Money Changers of Basle PART TWO: THE ROOTS OF SWISS BANKING The Background The Dawn of Modern Switzerland PART THREE: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BANKING Savings Banking and the Industrial Revolution The Development of a New Swiss Banking System: The Railway The Banking World of the Nineteenth Century Swiss Banks Reach their Formative Stage Nineteenth-Century Capitalism PART FOUR: THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The End of an Era Reconstruction The Tragedy of War and the Dawn of a New Era Index
Synopsis
In this volume the authors provide a survey and an examination of the roots of Swiss banking in order to explain the phenomenal success of Switzerland's banks. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Swiss banking did not originate with the exiled Hugenot bankers of Geneva. Centuries before Louis XIV, Basle had become a principal banking centre although it was not yet part of the Swiss Confederation. From historical beginnings to contemporary comparative analysis, the book offers an authoritative explanation and analysis of the success of the Swiss banks.
Synopsis
Provides a survey and examination of the roots of the most successful banking system in the world.
About the Author
Hans Bauer, a distinguished Swiss economic historian, died in 1995.
Warren J. Blackman is Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary.
Table of Contents
Frontispiece--Hans Bauer * Acknowledgments * Introductory *
Part I: The Medieval World of Banking and Currency * The Medieval Money Economy * The Money Changers of Basle *
Part II: The Roots of Swiss Banking The Background * The Dawn of Modern Switzerland *
Part III: Nineteenth-Century Banking * Savings Banking and the Industrial Revolution * The Development of a New Swiss Banking System: The Railway * The Banking World of the Nineteenth Century * Swiss Banks Reach Their Formative Stage * Nineteenth-Century Capitalism *
Part IV: The Tragedy of the Twentieth Century * The End of an Era * Reconstruction * The Tragedy of War and the Dawn of a New Era * Index