Financing Anglo-American Trade : The House of Brown, 1800-1880 / Edwin J. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Edwin J., author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--United States--History--Case studies.

Banks and banking.

International finance.

Alex. Brown & Sons.

Local Subjects:

Alex. Brown & Sons.

Banks and banking--United States--History--Case studies.

International finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Introduction

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

I. The Role of the International Banker

Part One. The Historical Narrative

II. Growth and Expansion

III. New Strategies

IV. Specializing in Finance

V. The Mature Firm

Part Two. The Functional Activities

Section 1. Advances and Merchandising

VI. Anglo-American Consignments

VII. Managing Cotton Operations

Section 2. Letters of Credit

VIII. The Rise to Preeminence

IX. Managing Credit Operations

Section 3. Foreign Exchange

X. The Assumption of Leadership

XI. Management and Administration

XII. Formulating New Policies: The Sixties and Seventies

Conclusion

Appendixes

Appendix A.

Appendix Β.

Appendix C.

Appendix D.

Notes Bibliography Index

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-43033-6

OCLC:

1013948596