Banking and Empire in Iran. The history of the British Bank of the Middle East. Volume 1
Details:
- Author(s) Jones, Geoffrey
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1986
- Pages 418pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge University Library
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Diplomatic issues inc imperialism
Countries:
- Iran
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly commissioned history. Traces the history of the bank from formation in 1889 to 1952 when its links with Iran ended. Includes much about the political, diplomatic and economic context in which bank existed, notably its role as state bank,1889-1928, and involvement with Pahlavi dynasty. Extensive appendices analyse balance sheet, shareholders' funds, net profits, etc, from 1880s. 'Short biographies of leading personalities' [pp362-70]. Structured in three parts: Part 1] 'Foundation of the bank': 'Survival against the odds, 1889-95'; 'Recovery and conflict, 1896-1908'; 'Banking and governments, 1909-14'; 'The bankers, 1889-1914'; Part 2} 'The bank, 1914-39: 'The bank at war, 1914-18'; ''Lord Curzon's Bank of Persia', 1919-28'; 'The bank and the new Iran, 1928-39'; 'Iraq and India, 1915-45'; 'The bankers, 1914-45'; Part 3 'The end in Iran, 1939-52': 'The Second World War'; 'The end in Iran'