The Globalization of Merchant Banking Before 1850: The Case of Huth & Co.

by Manuel Llorca-Ja?a and Manuel Llorca-Jana

London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367597926
• ISBN13: 9780367597924
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages