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Colonial and Imperial Banking History

192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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... Read more

Part I. Overall Issues 1.Issues about European colonial and imperial banking: Varieties of cultures, models and histories, Hubert Bonin and Nuno Valério Part II. Colonial banking: From Latin America to Africa 2. Colonial banking, one model, two histories: Cuba and Puerto Rico before the independence, Pablo Martín-Aceña and Ines Roldán de Montaud 3.Foreign direct investment in imperial Brazil and the activities of British and Portuguese banks. Colonial banking versus imperial banking?, Carlos Gabriel Guimarães 4. Dutch colonial and imperial banking: Different ways of entry and exit, Piet Geljon and Ton de Graaf 5. Strategies for market monopolisation: The Register of Co-operation and the ‘imperial banks’ in South Africa in the 1920s-1980s, Grietjie Verhoef 6. From colonial and imperial banking to independent banking: A dialectical perspective of the evolution of Angola, Nuno Valério and Palmira Tjipilica Part III. French colonial banking 7. Imperial Banking in French North Africa: Banque de l’Algérie et de la Tunisie (1851-1963), Samir Saul 8.Parisian banking networks and the empire: Measuring the influence of "imperial" bankers, Hubert Bonin 9. Conclusive remarks Colonial Banking, Imperial Banking, Overseas Banking, Imperialist Banking: Convergences, Osmosis, and Differentiation