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The House of Baring in American Trade and Finance : English Merchant Bankers at Work, 1763-1861 / Ralph W. Hidy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hidy, Ralph W., author.
- Series:
- Harvard Studies in Business History
- Harvard Studies in Business History ; 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, British--United States.
- Investments, British.
- Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd.
- Local Subjects:
- Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd.
- Investments, British--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (655 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The House of Baring in American Trade and Finance".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- ABBREVIATIONS
- PART ONE EXPANDING INTEREST IN AMERICA
- CHAPTER I THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF BARING, 1717-1793
- CHAPTER II OPERATIONS IN WARTIME, 1793-1815
- CHAPTER III A SHIFT TOWARD AMERICA, 1815-1828
- PART TWO DOMINANT INTEREST IN AMERICA
- CHAPTER IV INNOVATION AND EXPANSION, 1828-1832
- CHAPTER V THE SYSTEM OF THE BARINGS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, 1828-1832
- CHAPTER VI ANTICIPATING A RECESSION, 1832-1834
- CHAPTER VII MAINTAINING BALANCE IN A BOOM, 1834-1836
- CHAPTER VIII THE YEAR OF THE LOCUSTS, 1836-1837
- CHAPTER IX FOLLOWING A MIRAGE, 1837-1839
- CHAPTER Χ FOURLEAN YEARS, 1839-1842
- PART THREE RELATIVE DECLINE IN AMERICAN INTEREST
- CHAPTER XI RESOLVING DEFAULT AND REPUDIATION, 1842-1848
- CHAPTER XII RECOVERING A N D RECOUPING, 1842-1848
- CHAPTER XIII THROUGH CRISIS, REVOLUTION, AND WAR, 1847-1848
- CHAPTER XIV NEW DEPARTURES, 1848-1852
- CHAPTER XV NO BOOM FOR THE BARINGS, 1852-1857
- CHAPTER XVI APPROACHING THE IMPENDING CONFLICT, 1857-1861
- EPILOGUE
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
- INDEX
- 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)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18414-9
- OCLC:
- 1013947056
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