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100 1 $aMuirhead, Stuart.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96003966
245 10 $aCrisis banking in the East :$bthe history of Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, 1853-1893 /$cStuart Muirhead ; edited by Edward Green.
260 $aAldershot, England ;$aBrookfield, Vt. :$bScolar Press,$c1996.
263 $a9608
300 $axiv, 379 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rWilliam Purves --$g1.$tThe Birth of Eastern Exchange Banking --$g2.$tThe Foundation of Mercantile Bank --$g3.$tEarly Success and a Charter, 1854-58 --$g4.$tExpansion, Boom and Crisis, 1858-65 --$g5.$tSurvival and Stagnation, 1866-70 --$g6.$tBad Banking, the Silver Crisis and New Leadership, 1871-84 --$g7.$tThe Officers, Local Staff, Management and Directors --$g8.$tLondon Head Office: Its Business and Overseas --$g9.$tThe Mechanics of the Bank's Business, 1854-93 --$g10.$tThe Last Years of the Chartered Mercantile Bank --$g11.$tLiquidation and Reconstruction, 1892-93 --$tPostscript /$rGeoffrey Jones.
520 $aThe Chartered Mercantile Bank was the forerunner of the Mercantile Bank, which became part of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1959. This study charts its first 40 years when it was one of the pioneering banks of the Far East, becoming the leading exchange bank in India and South East Asia while always retaining its head office in the pivotal London market.
520 8 $aBased upon meticulous research using a particularly rich set of banking archives, Crisis Banking in the East describes the complex political and financial circumstances on the subcontinent during the bank's early years and introduces the personalities in the Indian business and London banking worlds who guided the infant institution. The volatility of local markets is analysed, including portraits of the banks and merchant houses which did not survive the many financial crises in the East.
520 8 $aThe book provides a vivid inside view of the workings of an Eastern bank - the nature of its business, methods of payment and exchange, and recruitment and career patterns of staff - and includes valuable new material on the role of European bankers in an Eastern setting.
610 20 $aChartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China$xHistory.
650 0 $aBanks and banking, British$zIndia$xHistory.
650 0 $aBanks and banking, British$zAsia$xHistory.
700 1 $aGreen, Edwin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82072958
852 00 $boff,bus$hHG3288.C47$iM85 1996