Part Three: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism

Part 3, The Nineteenth Century in Europe Part 1 Dr. Roger van Zwanenberg Part 3, The Nineteenth Century in Europe Part 1 Dr. Roger van Zwanenberg

#34 Catching Up and Falling Behind

In one sense, each growing economy in Europe adapted its own banking to its particular needs. Britain, the leading 19th century nation in Europe, developed its private banking structure for the needs of colonial trade: long-term capital investment opportunities abroad. Germany, on the other hand, developed its banking structure with the purpose of 'catching up'.

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