| A Domestic History of the Bank of England, 1930 1960 Contributor(s): Hennessy, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521073588 ISBN-13: 9780521073585 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: This book describes the internal workings of the Bank of England from 1930 to 1960 under three governors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Banks & Banking - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 332.110 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6" W x 9" (1.51 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book, which is based on the Bank of England's own mainly unpublished archives, describes the internal workings of the bank from 1930 to 1960 under three governors, Lord Norman, Lord Catto and Lord Cobbold. Each chapter is devoted to the organisation and working methods of a particular department, such as Cashier's, Accountant's (now Registrar's), the Printing Works, Overseas, and so on, and the book includes the first published description of how the bank continued working during the Second World War, when many of its staff were evacuated to Hampshire and elsewhere. The book also contains information on the bank's accounting methods and profitability, and on the note issue including bank note design. These decades were a period of enormous change for the Bank, when its working methods (many dating back almost to its foundation in 1694) were radically updated and in some cases mechanised in a progression of record-keeping from handwritten ledgers to computers. |