European banking overseas, 19th-20th century / edited by Ton de Graaf, Joost Jonker and Jaap-jan Mobron.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Graaf, Ton de, 1955-

Jonker, Joost, 1955-

Mobron, Jaap-Jan, 1964-

European Association for Banking History.

Conference Name:

Colloquium of the European Association for Banking History (1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--History.

Banks and banking.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

European banking overseas, nineteenth-twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : ABN AMRO Historical Archives, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1: The history of ABN AMRO Bank

A short history of ABN AMRO Bank in international perspective / Jan Luiten van Zanden (University of Utrecht)

The heritage and archives of ABN AMRO Bank / Ton de Graaf (ABN AMRO Bank, Amsterdam)

Part 2: The global framework: European and international banking 1850-2000

National banking: strategies and globalisation / Ulrich Ramm (Commerzbank, Frankfurt am Main)

Global archives: the practicalities of caring and using international archives / Roger Nougaret (Crédit Lyonnais, Paris)

Part 3: The public face of overseas banking

Reordering space: British Bank building overseas 1900-1940 / Iain S. Black (King's College, London)

Rescuing the papers of an international division: the experience of BCI / Francesca Pino and Michele D'Alessandro (Banca Commerciale Italiana)

Part 4: Policy, diplomacy and international banking

The relations between Sociéte Générale and the Belgian Authorities in congo (1885-1960) / Erik Buyst (Katholieke Universiteir Leuven)

The Banco Nacional Ultramarino as an agent for the government in the colonies / Jorge Estevas Anastácio (Banco National Ultramarino, Lisbon)

Between banks and governments: the records of BIS / Piet Clement (Bank for International Settlements, Basel)

Part 5: The human face of overseas banking: the history and archives of international bank staff

Completing the picture: records of the national staff of international banks since the 1850s / Edwin Green and Sara Kinsey (HSBC Group, London)

Reshuffling nationality and ethnicity: the Ottoman Bank staff from Empire to Republic / Edhem Eldem (Bogaziçi University, Istanbul)

Recruitment and training of international bank staff 1930-1964 / Willem Korthals Altes (ABN AMRO Bank, Amsterdam)

Part 6: Communications: the lifeline of international banking

One world or many worlds? Markets, banks, and communications, 1850s-1990s

/ Ranald Michie (University of Durham)

A history of international financial communications: the Netherlands, since the 1850s / Joke Mooij (De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam)

International archiving and new technologies / Sergio Cardarelli (Banca d'Italia, Rome)

Part 7: Internationalisation: the present and the future

Overseas banks after the end of Empire: challenges and responses / Geoffrey Jones (University of Reading)

New trends in international finance: Shell Capital / Gabriel de Scheemaker (Royal Dutch/Shell International, London).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9076618143

9789076618142

OCLC:

222847354