Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World Since 1800

by Richard S. Grossman

Book Overview

A sweeping look at the evolution of commercial banks over the past two centuries

Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes the first truly comparative look at the development of commercial banking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691139059
• ISBN13: 9780691139050
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"