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These papers are the outcome of the 2001 Anglo-French business history conference organized by the London School of Economics. They provide a long-term perspective on the development of London and Paris as financial centers, particularly in the years before 1914 and at the end of the 20th century. The papers include both archive-based and synthetic surveys and address such topics as the impact of British imperialism on London, and banking alliances and the Paris capital market. The comparisons of Europe's two leading capital cities by banking and economic historians also offer insights into the political economy of Britain and France in the 20th century and the history of international financial centers.
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LONDON AND PARIS AS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY This page intentionally left blank London and Paris as International Financial Centres in the Twentieth Century Edited by Youssef Cassis E´ r i c B u s s i E` r e 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York ß Oxford University Press 2005 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker)