A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations
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A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations, first published in 1896 by The Journal of Commerce
, is a four-volume history of banking in North America, Europe, China and Japan. At the time of publication it was described as "the largest and most expensive treatise on banking yet published". Thirteen authors contributed to the work, all of whom were considered "eminent as bankers, financiers and political economists". The title page bears the notice "Edited by the Editor of the The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
".
The first volume, dedicated to the history of banking in the United States, was written by William Graham Sumner
.
The second volume contains a history of banking in Great Britain, by Henry Dunning Macleod
, and in the Russian Empire
, by Antoine E. Horn, editor of the Journal de St.-Pétersbourg
, as well as a contribution on "Savings Banks in the United States" by John P. Townsend
, president of the Bowery Savings Bank
.
The third volume provides contributions on the history of banking in the "Latin Nations" by Pierre des Essars (covering France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and Portugal), in Alsace-Lorraine
by Arthur Raffalovich
, and in Canada by Byron Edmund Walker
.
The fourth volume contains chapters on banking in Germany and Austria-Hungary
by Max Wirth
, in The Netherlands by Richard van der Borght, in the Scandinavian nations (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) by the Danish economist and statistician Adolph Jensen, on Japan by Juichi Soyeda
, and on China by Thomas R. Jernigan, American consul general in Shanghai.
The Journal of Commerce
The Journal of Commerce is a weekly magazine published in the United States that focuses on trade topics. First published in 1827, the Journal has a circulation of approximately 15,000...
, is a four-volume history of banking in North America, Europe, China and Japan. At the time of publication it was described as "the largest and most expensive treatise on banking yet published". Thirteen authors contributed to the work, all of whom were considered "eminent as bankers, financiers and political economists". The title page bears the notice "Edited by the Editor of the The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
The Journal of Commerce
The Journal of Commerce is a weekly magazine published in the United States that focuses on trade topics. First published in 1827, the Journal has a circulation of approximately 15,000...
".
The first volume, dedicated to the history of banking in the United States, was written by William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an American academic and "held the first professorship in sociology" at Yale College. For many years he had a reputation as one of the most influential teachers there. He was a polymath with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political...
.
The second volume contains a history of banking in Great Britain, by Henry Dunning Macleod
Henry Dunning Macleod
-Life:Henry Dunning Macleod was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Eton, Edinburgh University, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1843. Macleod traveled in Europe, and in 1849 was called to the English bar. He was employed in Scotland on the work of poor-law reform, and devoted...
, and in the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, by Antoine E. Horn, editor of the Journal de St.-Pétersbourg
Journal de St.-Pétersbourg
The Journal de St.-Pétersbourg or Journal de Saint-Pétersbourg was a French-language newspaper, published in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with varying periodicity and some interruptions, from 1825 to 1914...
, as well as a contribution on "Savings Banks in the United States" by John P. Townsend
John P. Townsend
John Pomeroy Townsend was an American financier of the Gilded Age. He proudly claimed descent from "old Puritan stock", tracing his ancestry to a Thomas Townsend who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1637.-Business career:...
, president of the Bowery Savings Bank
Bowery Savings Bank
The Bowery Savings Bank of New York City was chartered in May 1834 and is now part of Capital One Bank.-History:Opened in 1834 on the Bowery in NYC. By 1980 it had over 35 branches located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. When bank deregulation was enacted the bank...
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The third volume provides contributions on the history of banking in the "Latin Nations" by Pierre des Essars (covering France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and Portugal), in Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...
by Arthur Raffalovich
Arthur Raffalovich
Arthur Germanovich Raffalovich was a Russian financier and economist.-Life:Raffalovich was born in Odessa in 1853, the son of a wealthy merchant, Hermann Raffalovich, but the family moved to Paris when he was a child. Arthur lived most of his life in Paris, where he died December 24, 1921...
, and in Canada by Byron Edmund Walker
Byron Edmund Walker
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery...
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The fourth volume contains chapters on banking in Germany and Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
by Max Wirth
Max Wirth
Max Wirth was a German journalist and economist.- Life :Max Wirth is the son of Johann Georg August Wirth, a Bavarian writer and organizer of the Hambach Festival in 1832. Max studied law and political economy at the University of Heidelberg, where he joined the Corps Rhenania...
, in The Netherlands by Richard van der Borght, in the Scandinavian nations (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) by the Danish economist and statistician Adolph Jensen, on Japan by Juichi Soyeda
Juichi Soyeda
was a Japanese lawyer, senior civil servant and academic economist. In 1913 he was delegated by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce in Japan to study the California Alien Land Law of 1913.-Biography:He was born in Fukuoka on September 15, 1864...
, and on China by Thomas R. Jernigan, American consul general in Shanghai.
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