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Books on: history of banks

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Dollars through the Doors: A Pre-1930 History of Bank Marketing in America

Book by Richard N. Germain; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Bank Marketing--United States--History

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...establishing nationality banks, Canadian bankers never...Financing an Empire: History of Banking in Pennylvania...of the British Linen Bank Edinburgh: T. and A...of the First National Bank of Saint Paul St. Paul, MN: First National Bank of St. Paul, 1954...The Growth of Chicago Banks New York: Harper Brothers...
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The History of the Bundesbank: Lessons for the European Central Bank

Book by Jakob De Haan; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Deutsche Bundesbank--History--Congresses, European Central Bank--History--Congresses, Monetary Policy--European Union Countries--Congresses

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...Zustimmungsgesetze. In the history of the law that governs...presidents of the Land central banks Landeszentralbank . Before...each state seated a bank. The integration of...First, with sixteen banks, decisionmaking would...create state-overlapping banks, thereby reducing the...Vice-President of the Bank and up to six other members...
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Outlaws on Horseback: The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century

Book by Harry Sinclair Drago; University of Nebraska Press, 1998

Subjects:

Bank Robberies--West (U.S.)--History, Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.), Outlaws--West (U.S.)--History, Train Robberies--West (U.S.)--History, West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890, West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the most cold-blooded robbers in the history of the West." Who could doubt it when...Jesse James had never done--crack two banks at once. It is a detailed, factual account...depredations of the Dalton boys, some family history must be
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The West Bank: History, Politics, Society, and Economy

Book by Don Peretz; Westview Press, 1986

Subjects:

Israel--Politics And Government, West Bank--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...twentieth-century West Bank history, Professor Peretz provides...Israels integration of West Bank transportation networks, electricity...consciousness, triggered by West Bank Arab responses to Jewish settlements...are emigrating from the West Bank in large numbers. The study...viable options for the West Banks future political status and...
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The Bank of the United States and the American Economy

Book by Edward S. Kaplan; Greenwood, 1999

Subjects:

Bank Of The United States (1791-1811)--History, Bank Of The United States (1816-1836)--History, United States--Economic Conditions--To 1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Catterall, The Second Bank of the United States...Bray Hammond, Banks and Politics in...The Financial History ojthe United States...Myers, A Financial History of the United States...25. Hammond, Banks and Politics in...Myers, A Financial History of the United States...Catterall, The Second Bank ojthe United States...33. Hammond, Banks and Politics in...

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Journal Articles on: history of banks

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"Peter Pindar," Joseph Banks, and the Case against Natural History

Journal article by Noah Heringman; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 35, 2004

Subjects:

Banks, Joseph, Sir--Influence, Natural history--Research, Royal Society for Science--History, Scientific method--History

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Peter Pindar," Joseph Banks, and the Case against Natural History. by Noah Heringman In...promoting empirical natural history, Banks also tapped the economic...Banks" ("Sir Joseph Banks" 405). Natural history never became a full...
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Economic Perspective on the Political History of the Second Bank of the United States

Journal article by Edward J. Green; Economic Perspectives, Vol. 27, 2003

Subjects:

Banking industry--Economic aspects, Banking industry--History, Second Bank of the United States--Economic policy, Second Bank of the United States--History, Second Bank of the United States--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...toward the state banks. (3) Regarding...management of the bank, there is wide...throughout the history of the U.S. Bank...overview of the history of the U.S. Bank and discuss how...some light on the banks performance. Premises...passed that impaired banks ability to take...institution, the U.S. Bank was one of the most...controversy in U.S. history. The original charter...
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A Brief History of Central Banks

Journal article by Michael D. Bordo; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Economic Commentary, 2007

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Central banks, Economic history, Monetary policy, Problems

Collections: History, Entire Library

A Brief History of Central Banks by Michael D. Bordo A central bank is the term used...of the era, the Bank of England, was...Other central banks were set up later...key force in the history of central banking has been central bank independence. The original central banks were private and...
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Providing for the Future: The World of the African American Depositors of Washington, DC's Freedmen's Savings Bank, 1865-1874

Journal article by Barbara P. Josiah; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004

Subjects:

African Americans--Economic aspects, African Americans--History, Black history--Analysis, Black history--Economic aspects, Savings banks--History, Savings banks--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1934," Civil War History 66 (June 2000): 132...The Freedmans Savings Bank, 19-35; Wesley...35; Emeku, Black Banks, 6-7, 8-19; Gilbert...Benjamin Brawley, A Social History of the American Negro...27; Emuku, Black Banks, 24; Harmon et al...Freedmans Savings Bank, 130. (71) Harris...54; Emeku, Black Banks, 28; and Butler...
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German Monetary History in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: from the Deutsche Mark to the Euro

Journal article by Robert L. Hetzel; Economic Quarterly - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Vol. 88, 2002

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Bretton Woods System, Bundesbank-Germany, Central banks, Europe, European Monetary Union, European Union, Germany, History, Monetary policy, Studies

Collections: History, Entire Library

German Monetary History in the Second Half of the Twentieth...identified as a modern central bank is fundamental to the article. A modern central bank determines the behavior of the...Conversely, a modern central bank eschews control over the price...Specifically, modern central banks avoid controls such as exchange...

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Magazine Articles on: history of banks

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Jordan Formally Annexes the West Bank

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 50, April 2000

Subjects:

Jordan--History, West Bank--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jerusalem and seized control of the West Bank area on the western side of the Jordan...to Jordan. The annexation of the West Bank, which more than doubled Jordans population...for a new parliament to represent both banks of the Jordan. It met on the 24th to...state and formally incorporating the West Bank into the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan...
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'The Projecting Age'; William Patterson and the Bank of England

Magazine article by David Armitage; History Today, Vol. 44, June 1994

Subjects:

Bank of England--History, Central banks--History, Economic history--United Kingdom, Patterson, William--Economic policy, United Kingdom--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...on a planetary scale in world history. To finance such conflicts...any in promoting them. The Bank of England was far from the...Indies take us far from the Bank of England. Nevertheless...projector. The blueprint for the Bank of England was not the longest...its foundation in April 1694. Banks - particularly public banks...
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History Is Banks: The End of the Chinantecs

Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 247, November 7, 1988

Subjects:

Economic development--Mexico, Inter-American Development Bank--Social policy, Mexican native peoples, Native Americans (Mexico)

Collections: History, Entire Library

History Is Banks: The End of the Chinantecs...de Gortari and the U.S. banks is to extend Mexico $3...InterAmerican Development Bank, run jointly by tidyminded...InterAmerican Development Bank in finishing off the Chinantecs...
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Saving History from the Shredder : Swiss Bank Guard Christoph Meili, No Hero at Home, Now Lives in California

Magazine article by Jon Wiener; The Nation, Vol. 269, September 6, 1999

Subjects:

Heroes--Switzerland, Meili, Christoph--Achievements and awards, Union Bank of Switzerland--Officials and employees

Collections: History, Entire Library

Saving History from the Shredder : Swiss Bank Guard Christoph Meili, No Hero...him "the worlds most famous bank guard": Christoph Meili...night watchman at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich who...Holocaust victims-records Swiss banks had denied they had. Meili...
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Bank Archives Hold 200 Years of U.s. History

Magazine article by Nikki Swartz; Information Management Journal, Vol. 40, September 2006

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Archives & records, Bank accounts, Bank acquisitions & mergers, PNC Financial Services Group Inc, Riggs Bank NA, United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Archives Hold 200 Years of U.s. History by Nikki Swartz Riggs Bank in...the bank once known as the "bank of presidents," is taking...the collection. The National Bank of Washington was founded in 1803 and purchased by Riggs Bank in 1836. A dark chapter in the banks history came in 2004, when...

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Newspaper Articles on: history of banks

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It's History, Not Banks, That Gives the City Strength

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 30, 2011

Subjects:

Banks (Finance)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Its History, Not Banks, That Gives the City...to China Construction Bank, which is either the...a family-controlled bank with values to match...this, of course -- a bank which has weathered all...Espirito Santo. They are banks which have been around...
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Rewriting the History of the Bank Bailout; Don't Blame Congress for the Reckless Actions of Two Presidents

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 26, 2010

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Bank bailouts--Political aspects, Banks (Finance)--Political aspects, McCain, John--Political activity, Paulson, Hank--Political activity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Rewriting the History of the Bank Bailout; Dont Blame...need for action supports bank bailouts. In these populist...economy. It needed to buy banks toxic assets to stop...about giving money to banks and car companies, only...buy toxic assets from bank balance sheets. It voted...
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WINNERS AND LOSERS; INTEREST RATES SLASHED TO LOWEST IN HISTORY.. BUT SOME BANKS SLOW TO PASS IT ON 4million Tracker Mortgages Are Cut Millions of Other Borrowers Miss out Savers' Fury as Their Income Plunges

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 9, 2009

Subjects:

United Kingdom. Bank of England

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...SLASHED TO LOWEST IN HISTORY.. BUT SOME BANKS SLOW TO PASS IT ON 4million...get the cut. And the Bank of Englands decision...000 mortgage. But some banks had said before the announcement...last night called on the banks - who have received billions...as many months. "The Bank of England recognises...
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Are You a Winner or a Loser from the Lowest Rates in the History of the Bank of England? Some Lenders May Invoke a 'Collar' on Tracker Mortgages

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 9, 2009

Subjects:

United Kingdom. Bank of England

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...from the Lowest Rates in the History of the Bank of England? Some Lenders May...rates passed on to them by their bank or building society. If the...was 1%, lower than the new Bank rate. Homeowners with standard...Explaining their decision, the Banks Monetary Policy Committee said...
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Nissan to Axe 1200 UK Jobs; INTEREST RATES SLASHED TO LOWEST IN HISTORY.. BUT SOME BANKS SLOW TO PASS IT ON

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 9, 2009

Subjects:

Automobile industry--Downsizing, Automobile industry--Human resource management, Banks (Finance), Interest rates, Layoffs, Nissan Motor Company Ltd.--Downsizing, Nissan Motor Company Ltd.--Human resource management

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Nissan to Axe 1200 UK Jobs; INTEREST RATES SLASHED TO LOWEST IN HISTORY.. BUT SOME BANKS SLOW TO PASS IT ON. BRITAINS biggest car factory became the latest victim of the recession yesterday as Nissan axed 1200 jobs...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: history of banks

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Bank of England

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...industrial, expansion. The banks functions were both public...regulation was assured by the Bank Charter Act of 1844, which laid the basis for the banks modern structure. The issue...which handles the issuing of bank notes for general circulation...Clapham, The Bank of England: A History (2 vol., 1944; repr. 1966...
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West Bank

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

WEST BANK territory, formerly part of...existed in portions of the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority...regarded as part of the West Bank by Arabs; however, Israel...Palestinian attacks in Israel. History The West Bank was declared part...
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Jericho , City, West Bank

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JERICHO , city, West Bank jer iko Heb.,=fragrant...est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of...first Arab town in the West Bank to become (1994) autonomous...several times repeated in its history. One of its conquerors was...
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Civil War , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Red River expedition of Nathaniel P. Banks and a last desperate Confederate raid...Irrepressible Conflict, 1850 1865 ("History of American Life" series, Vol. VII...1957, repr. 1969); J. F. Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861 1865 (1917...
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Independent Treasury System

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...TREASURY SYSTEM in U.S. history, system for the retaining...bill to recharter the Bank of the United States...government funds from the bank to state banks (the "pet banks...be isolated from all banks. The proposal met considerable...establish a new central bank, but the objections...

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