9780751200775 - the rise of merchant banking (modern revivals in economic and social history) von chapman, stanley d. (2 Ergebnisse)
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Vereinigtes KönigreichBetter World Books Ltd
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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Crappy Old Books, Barry, Vereinigtes KönigreichCrappy Old Books
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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Before fintech, before crypto, before men in fleece gilets said ?liquidity event? without shame, there was merchant banking: discreet, clubby, beautifully tailored, and almost certainly conducted over lunch. The Rise of Merchant Banking by Stanley Chapman takes us into the world of financiers who did not… need neon apps or motivational podcasts to move money around the globe. They had ledgers, letters, connections, nerve, and the sort of surnames that sounded as if they came with oak-panelled rooms attached. This is financial history with proper old-world weight. It follows the growth of merchant banking as a serious force in trade, investment, empire, industry, and respectable-looking risk. These were the people who helped grease the wheels of commerce while somehow making it all look like a private conversation between gentlemen who already knew the answer. There is something wonderfully ironic about reading it now. Modern finance likes to pretend it invented complexity, but this book quietly reminds us that complicated money, international networks, and elegant ways of becoming extremely rich have been around for a very long time. The technology has changed. The suits may be worse. The instincts are familiar. Stanley Chapman writes with the authority of someone interested not merely in money, but in the systems, families, firms, and habits that made money powerful. It is a book for readers who enjoy business history, banking history, Victorian capitalism, and the curious spectacle of people turning trust into profit before anyone had invented a spreadsheet. This good copy, as sold by Crappy Old Books, is ideal for anyone who enjoys serious economic history with just enough aristocratic dust on it. A splendid reminder that banking was once done by men who looked like they owned the building, because quite often they did.
