French banking and entrepreneurialism in China and Hong Kong : from the 1850s to 1980s /: from the 1850s to 1980s. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- French banking and entrepreneurialism in China and Hong Kong : from the 1850s to 1980s /: from the 1850s to 1980s. (2019)
- Main Title:
- French banking and entrepreneurialism in China and Hong Kong : from the 1850s to 1980s
- Further Information:
- Note: Hubert Bonin.
- Authors:
- Bonin, Hubert
- Contents:
- Part 1. Issues and challenges 1. The emergence of a French banking strategy in China 2. French overseas banking as an imperial system: A background for Asian developments 3. British hegemony in China in the years 1900-1930: Maritime dominance and banking power 4. China: a commercial target for France (1900-1914) 5. The French banks’ activities in the Pacific area of Asia (from the years 1860s to the years 1940s) 6. The Black Lotus: the fight against fraud and deception in the French concessions in China (1890s-1940s) Part 2. French banking in Hong Kong 7. French banking in Hong Kong (1860s-1930s): Challenging British banks? 8. The development of Banque de l’Indochine ’s activities on the Hong Kong market 9. The relative success of Banque de l’Indochine on the Hong Kong niche 10. Crisis and ordeals 11. The Hong Kong place at a turning point: Banque de l’Indochine facing geo-economics (in the 1950s) 12. Banque de l’Indochine and Indosuez confronted to the change of business and banking cycle 13. The end of a business and banking cycle: French bankers stake-holders of a global metropolis
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 332.10951
Banks and banking, French -- China -- History
Banks and banking, French -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
China -- Economic conditions -- 1644-1912
Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429560095
9780429555626
9780429564567
9780429265075 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367210427
- Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.448616
- Ingest File:
- 02_579.xml