The Globalization of Merchant Banking before 1850
The case of Huth & Co.
Seiten
2015
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-607-2 (ISBN)
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-607-2 (ISBN)
London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative study provides a new chronology of early nineteenth-century commercial and financial expansion.
Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the period
This book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization.
Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the period
This book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization.
Manuel Llorca-Jaña is Associate Professor of Economic and Business History at Universidad de Santiago, Chile.
1. Early life and activities of Frederick Huth, founder of the company, c.1777-1822 2. Expansion of the firm during the 1820s-1830s and the South American branches 3. The Spanish and German connections during the 1820s-1840s 4. The Liverpool branch, agents in Britain and the US connection 5. A global enterprise of trade and lending 6. Risk management credit strategies 7. Conclusions
| Reihe/Serie | Financial History |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84893-607-9 / 1848936079 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84893-607-2 / 9781848936072 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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