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This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the
archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities
throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with
readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of
one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market,
of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the
growth of international business.
Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of
Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses
together with a wide range of archives and published work in
Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British
enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital,
floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant
banks.
While mindful of the subtleties of international financial
connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the
jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove
equally interesting to students of history, business and finance,
and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London
and the international economy.
This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on
the archives of the leading houses and the records of their
activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with
readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of
one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market,
of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the
growth of international business.
Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of
Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses
together with a wide range of archives and published work in
Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British
enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital,
floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant
banks.
While mindful of the subtleties of international financial
connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the
jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove
equally interesting to students of history, business and finance,
and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London
and the international economy.
Studies of the British Industrial Revolution and of the Victorian period of economic and social development have until very recently concentrated on British industries and industrial regions, while commerce and finance, and particularly that of London, have been substantially neglected. This has distorted our view of the process of change, since financial services and much trade continued to be centred on the metropolis, and the south-east region never lost its position at the top of the national league of wealth.
Studies of the British Industrial Revolution and of the Victorian
period of economic and social development have until very recently
concentrated on British industries and industrial regions, while
commerce and finance, and particularly that of London, have been
substantially neglected. This has distorted our view of the process
of change because financial services and much trade continued to be
centred on the metropolis, and the south-east region never lost its
position at the top of the national league of wealth. This is a
pioneer survey of the mercantile sector of the economy from the end
of the eighteenth century to World War I. It complements Dr.
Chapman's The Rise of Merchant Banking (1984), concentrating on the
various ways in which British merchants responded to the
unprecedented opportunities of the Industrial Revolution and the
growth of the British Empire. The main conclusion is that
industrial entrepreneurs contributed only briefly to merchant
ventures, and that with limited success. Rather did the established
merchant community evolve its own new forms of enterprise to meet
the changing opportunities: the 'new frontier' merchant networks of
the Atlantic economy, the international houses in continental
trade, the agency houses in the Far East, and the home trade houses
dominating the domestic market. These resilient organisations
enabled the British merchant enterprise to survive longer and in
greater strength than in other Western economies.
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