Description
A text which covers the critical period in the history of banking from the late 17th century to the Bank Charter Act of 1844. It contains the most important tracts, treatises and pamphlets which trace the development of the early modern banking system. The growing interest in banks within the financial markets has led to the development of a parallel interest in the origins and progress of the sector – both for its own sake and also as a guide to policy on issues such as regulation which are highly topical today. This edition brings together the most important English language tracts and pamphlets and other material on the origins and development of private banking, joint stock banking, central banking and the important related questions. It covers the critical period in the history of banking from the founding of the government-sponsored banks (eg. Bank of England, 1694, Bank of Scotland, 1695) in the late seventeenth-century to the Bank Charter Bank, 1844 and beyond.
