'British retail banking in the twentieth century. Decline and renaissance in industrial lending' in R Coopey & P Lyth (eds), Business in Britain in the Twentieth Century. Decline and renaissance

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Author(s) Newton, Lucy A
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2009
Pages pp189-206
Publisher Oxford University Press
Place Published Oxford

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Name Finance of production & trade

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Explores the development of domestic British banks during the twentieth century charting whether British retail banking experienced a decisive decline and renaissance or were its fluctuations more complex than this? A context is how well did British retail banks serve their customers, especially businesses?. Sections include '1900-39 - dominance and stability'; '1945-71 - decline'; '1971-2000 - renaissance'