The financial system in nineteenth-century Britain

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Preface Chronology of the British Financial System Introduction ONE. CURRENCY AND CREDIT INSTRUMENTS 1. Coins and Credit Instruments William Cobbett, Paper against Gold (1810) J. R. McCulloch, Substitution of Notes for Coins Distinction between Bills of Exchange and Paper Money (1832) George Rae, Bills of Exchange (1885) 2. Counterfeit Coins Sidney Laman Blanchard, A Biography of a Bad Shilling (1851) 3. Money Robert H. Patterson, Gold and Social Politics (1863) Henry Sidgwick, What Is Money? (1879) Ali Ameer, The Rupee and the Ruin of India (1893) TWO. THE NATIONAL DEBT AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE 4. History and Magnitude of the Debt Anonymous, Facts for Enquirers: The National Debt (1843) W. E. Aytoun, The National Debt and the Stock Exchange (1849) 5. Investment and Speculation Anon., Stockbroking and the Stock Exchange (1876) Alexander Innes Shand, Speculative Investments (1876) 6. International Implications Walter Bagehot, The Singularity of Indian Finance (1872) Henry Fawcett, The Financial Condition of India (1878) Karl Marx, The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist (1867) THREE. BANKS AND BANKING 7. Principles of Banking James William Gilbart, Ten Minutes' Advice about Keeping a Banker (1839) R. J. Richardson, Exposure of the Banking and Funding System (1841) Anon., The Bank Charter and Commercial Credit (1858) A. J. Wilson, The Position of English Joint-Stock Banks (1878) George Rae, Personal Credit (1885) 8. Money Pressure and Bank Failures The London Times: 13 December 1825, p. 2: The London Times: 14 December 1825, p. 2: James William Gilbart, The Administration of a Bank during Seasons of Pressure (1882) FOUR. THE MONEY MARKET, COMPANY LAW, AND FINANCIAL FRAUD 9. The Money Market D. Morier Evans, The State of the Money Market from a Fresh Point of View (1864) Walter Bagehot, The Money Market, No. 1: What the Money Market Is and Why It Is So Changeable (1866) 10. Company Law and Financial Fraud D. Morier Evans, Whither Is Limited Liability Leading Us? (1864) Walter Bagehot, The Panic (1866) Laurence Oliphant, The Autobiography of a Joint-Stock Company (Limited) (1876) Glossary Contributor's Biographies Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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