Overview
- Re-elaborates a series of unpublished data, placing them at the disposal of the scientific community
- Analyses private bankers and the development of Italian banking institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate
- Highlights the role of private bankers and banking institutions in the economic and social development of a nation
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
The book analyses the role of private bankers who were pivotal in modernizing the economic and financial system of Italy in the XIX century. To achieve this they needed to interact with the international haute banque to organize and place the public loans and the large investments associated with the joint-stock companies.
The theme of reputation, which is currently at the centre of the historiographical debate, is fundamental for the study of the private banker figures, whose professional success is linked to the limitless trust accorded to them by their circle of personal contacts. Historiography has studied the role of Italian bankers in the trade, credit and international finance during the modern age (XVI-XVIII centuries), but it has not analysed the banking system in the XIX century and its national and international relations.
The case study of Banca Parodi of Genova fills the historiographical gap concerning the role of private bankers and banking institutions in Italy, highlighting the network between the Parodi family and the international haute banque; one of the most emblematic cases is the Rothschild family. The book presents a re-elaborates series of unpublished data, placing them at the disposal of the scientific community and analyses the role of private bankers in the development of Italian banking institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Luciano Maffi is Research Fellow in Economic History at the Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He teaches Economic History at the Catholic University in Milan. He was previously a research fellow at the University of Genoa and at the University of Brescia. He deals with economic, financial and social history, with particular attention to the private bankers in XIX century.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Private Bankers in the Italian 19th Century
Book Subtitle: The Parodi of Genoa in the National and International Context
Authors: Luciano Maffi
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63361-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63360-8Published: 15 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63363-9Published: 16 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63361-5Published: 14 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 236
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Financial History