In the decades before 1914, the City of London was the premier international financial centre. However, this position was not long maintained, other industrial

This accessible study investigates the role of banks in the finance of British industry, an issue which has long been the subject of dispute. From one perspecti

Traces the effects and consequences of radical economic change, moral, social, and fiscal, in the Victorian period.

This collection of fresh, incisive scholarship, by some of the leading business historians, critically examines the nature of economic recovery in Britain in re

This book focuses on a variety of themes concerning the relationship between financial systems in a broader sense and firms’ growth in historical perspective