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The Bank of England, 1891-1944 /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1976.Description: vi, 387-(680) pISBN:
  • 0521210682 (v. 2)
  • 0521210674 (v. 1)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.1'1'0941 SAY
LOC classification:
  • HG2994 .S29 1976
Summary: The 1931 crisis, the culminating point of which was Britain's suspension of the gold standard on 19 September, was one of the turning points in the monetary history of the twentieth century. It forces itself on the historians of almost all financial institutions, and is part of the political history of western Europe. The account that follows does not comprehend every facet of the crisis, but is concentrated on the leading part taken by the Bank of England. The events of these weeks threw a searchlight on the political and international relationships of the Bank, and they jolted it into more conscious searching into its own ends and means.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 332.1'1'0941 SAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v 1, c.2 Available 31008100170238
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 332.1'1'0941 SAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v.2, c.1 Available 31008100149851

Volume1 / 2.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 655-659.

The 1931 crisis, the culminating point of which was Britain's suspension of the gold standard on 19 September, was one of the turning points in the monetary history of the twentieth century. It forces itself on the historians of almost all financial institutions, and is part of the political history of western Europe. The account that follows does not comprehend every facet of the crisis, but is concentrated on the leading part taken by the Bank of England. The events of these weeks threw a searchlight on the political and international relationships of the Bank, and they jolted it into more conscious searching into its own ends and means.

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