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A history of central banking in Great Britain and the United States

Title
A history of central banking in Great Britain and the United States / John H. Wood.
Author
Wood, John H. (John Harold)
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description
xv, 439 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in macroeconomic history
Uniform Title
Studies in macroeconomic history.
Subject
  • Bank of England > History
  • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) > History
  • Banks and banking, Central > Great Britain > History
  • Monetary policy > Great Britain > History
  • Banks and banking, Central > United States > History
  • Monetary policy > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
Contents
1. Understanding central bankers and monetary policy -- 2. An introduction to central bankers -- 3. Making a central bank : I : surviving -- 4. Making a central bank : II : looking for a rule -- 5. Making a central bank : III : means and ends -- 6. Central banking in the United States, 1790-1914 -- 7. Before the crash : the origins and early years of the Federal Reserve -- 8. The fall and rise of the Federal Reserve, 1929-1951 -- 9. Central banking in the United States after the Great Depression, 1951 to the 1960s -- 10. The Bank of England after 1914 -- 11. Rules versus authorities -- 12. Permanent suspension -- 13. Back to the beginning? : new contracts for new companies.
ISBN
0521850134 (hardcover)
LCCN
  • 2004024984
  • 9780521850131
OCLC
  • ocm56880156
  • SCSB-5204327
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries