Bankers in West Africa. The story of the Bank of British West Africa Ltd
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- Author(s) Fry, Richard
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 270pp; illus
- Publisher Hutchinson Benham
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned history from a leading financial journalist on the occasion of the bank's acquisition by the Standard Bank of South Africa. Focused on the bank but deals with wide ranging issues, eg staff. No tables of financial data. Much about Elder Dempster and Sir Alfred Jones. Chapters include: 'From barter to cash'; 'First bank in Lagos'; 'Into the twentieth century'; 'Rivals and opponents'; 'New status for the bank'; 'A currency for West Africa'; 'The First World War'; 'Up and downs of the twenties'; 'Traders - European, African, Levantine'; 'Life on the coast'; 'The world trade depression'; 'The Second World War'; 'The problem of peace'; 'A decade of expansion'; 'Economic progress accelerates'; 'The risks of growth'; 'Independent states emerge'; 'Justified by events'