A Financial History of Western Europe

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Revised and updated throughout, this brilliant survey of European financial history from the earliest times to the present by internationally renowned scholar and author Charles P. Kindleberger offers a comprehensive account of the evolution of money in Western Europe, bimetallism and the emergence of the gold standard, the banking systems of the Continent and the British Isles, and overviews of foreign investment, regional and global financial integration, and private and public finance in Western Europe. The new edition features expanded coverage of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and important new material on recent developments in European monetary integration.

Genres: Economics, History, Finance, Nonfiction, Business, Money

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Economic historian. More at Wikipedia

Reviews

[Gregory Levine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely essential knowledge for financiers or economists. The wealth of historical data provides a wealth of historical data against which on can compare current events.

[Vikas Erraballi · Rating 4 out of 5]

He’s a master of the subject but I don’t like his organization or writing.