ABSTRACT
First Published in 1966. This volume the fourth edition of Andreades classic history of the bank of England that looks at the period of 1640 to 1903, with its first edition appearing in 1909. The reprint after more than thirty years after the author's death has now secured its place among the classics of economic literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |42 pages
1640—1819
chapter |11 pages
History of the Bank of England
part |29 pages
Origin and Development of Banking in England
part |85 pages
Foundation of the Bank of England
chapter |17 pages
Necessity for a National Bank
chapter |12 pages
Paterson, His Life and Work.—the Foundation of the Bank of England
chapter |14 pages
Organisation of the New Bank
chapter |4 pages
Results of the Foundation of the Bank
chapter |13 pages
The Restoration of the Coinage
chapter |11 pages
The Land Bank.—Renewal of the Bank Charter
chapter |14 pages
The Bank of England and the War of Succession
part |33 pages
The Bank of England under the Hanoverian Dynasty
chapter |18 pages
The Bank of England and the South Sea Company
chapter |8 pages
The Bank of England in the Reign of George II
chapter |7 pages
The Bank from the Death of George II. to the French Revolution
part |82 pages
The Bank of England During the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
chapter |13 pages
Economic Condition of England at the Time of the French Revolution
chapter |13 pages
Financial Policy of William Pitt.1
chapter |15 pages
Results of the Bank Restriction ACT
chapter |17 pages
The Bullion Committee and the Bullion Report
chapter |8 pages
Repeal of the Restriction ACT
chapter |88 pages
1819—1903
chapter |3 pages
Introductory Chapter
part |47 pages
Causes and Analysis of Robert Peel's Act
chapter |8 pages
The Crisis of 1825 and the Act of 1826
chapter |7 pages
The Committee of 1832 and the act of 1833
chapter |6 pages
The Crisis of 1836–1839
chapter |9 pages
The Banking Principle and the Currency Principle
chapter |6 pages
The Currency Principle and the Promoters of the Law of 1844
Lord Overstone, Colonel Torrens, G. W. Norman
chapter |11 pages
Sir Robert Peel and the Act of 1844
(a)—Intervention of Sir Robert Peel; (b)—The Act of 1844; (c)—The Act of 1844 and Ricardo's Plan for a National Bank
part |36 pages
The Bank of England in Ordinary Times
chapter |16 pages
Introduction
chapter |10 pages
The Investments of the Bank
chapter |10 pages
The Reserve
part |39 pages
Peel's Act in Times of Crisis.
chapter |12 pages
The Crisis of 1847
chapter |10 pages
The Crisis of 1857
chapter |9 pages
The Crisis of 1866
chapter |8 pages
The crisis of 1890, or the Baring Crisis
part |19 pages
General Considerations with Regard to the Act of 1844.—Present Position of the Question.—Schemes for Reform.
