This book sheds new light on the role played by European banks in the economic colonization of much of the globe. Based on previously unused archival material,

From the end of the nineteenth century until the onset of the Great Depression, Wall Street embarked on a stunning, unprecedented, and often bloody period of in

This book sheds new light on the role played by European banks in the economic colonization of much of the globe. Based on previously unused archival material,

Why stable banking systems are so rare Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries—but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic bank

When European powers annexed parts of Asia, banking systems were an important part of that process. The essays in this edited collection are based on original r