The History and Principles of Banking (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gilbart, James William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331502012 ISBN 13: 9781331502012

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The History and Principles of Banking

We have been highly pleased with its agreeable and instructive character and we think that no man connected with trade should be without this book. Monthly Review, May 1834.

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Excerpt from The History and Principles of Banking

This book was not written to applaud or censure the acts of any statesman; to attack or defend any existing banking establishment; to advance or refute any new theory respecting the currency. It aims not to instruct the members of the cabinet, nor to guide the counsels of the senate. Its only aim 2 is to impart useful knowledge to the public at large.

Banking is both an art and a science. As an art it is a branch of trade intimately connected with every man's business; as a science, it forms an important portion of political economy. The knowledge of banking as an art, is acquired like that of other arts, by serving an apprenticeship, or engaging practically in its operations. The knowledge of banking, as a science, may be acquired like that of other sciences, by reading, observation, and reflection. These two branches of knowledge do not always accompany each other. Some, who are practically engaged in banking, do not study its principles; while those who have written upon its principles, have, for the most part, been political economists and statesmen, who were unacquainted with its practical details. This publication will, perhaps, be thought worthy of some degree of attention, upon the ground that it professes to be a scientific work, written by a practical man.

This book may be considered as a grammar of banking. The general reader may here acquire a competent knowledge of most of the facts and principles connected with the subject: and those who wish for a more extensive reading, would do well to begin with this work, and then proceed to the perusal of those excellent pamphlets and treatises which have been written upon detached and controversial portions of the science.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331502012
• ISBN 13: 9781331502012
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316