Coffee House to Cyber Market. 200 years of the London Stock Exchange
Details:
- Author(s) Hennessy, Elizabeth
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2001
- Pages 208pp; illus
- Publisher Ebury Press
- Place Published London
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Library:
- Name Guildhall Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode EC2P 2EJ
- Visit Guildhall Library's website
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Notes:
An authoritative account written for a broad readership. Extensively illustrated. Has chapters: 'On Change Alley, 1698-1798'; 'A centrical situation, 1798-1815'; 'A two way traffic, 1815-40'; 'The wheel of fortune, 1840-65'; 'The Stock Exchange investigated, 1866-90'; 'Highnoon, 1890-1914'; 'War and peace, 1914-29'; 'Dark days, 1929-45'; 'Birth of a modern market, 1945-65'; 'The Stock Exchange Tower, 1966-79'; 'Big Bang, 1979-86'; 'Equities power house, 1897-2001'