The Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain

The Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain provides an introduction to the most important features of the financial system in nineteenth-century England: currency and credit instruments; the national debt and the stock exchange; banks and banking; and them money market, company law and financial fraud. Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scholars working in the field, the book consists of articles taken from a period's periodical and
business press (the majority of which is printed in full), preceded by an editor's introduction that places these materials in their historical context.