Forrest Capie is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, City University Business School. He is the series editor of Edward Elgar's International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History, and editor of Major Inflations in History (1991), Protectionism in the World Economy (1993), and co-editor of Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order (1991).

'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years ... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking ... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' Business History 'a splendid selection of all the important writings on British banking history down to the mid-nineteenth century, much of it accessible only with difficulty before, made available to scholars all over the world for the first time.' Financial History Review

• VOLUME I General Introduction, Money, Volume II Usury, VOLUME III Financial Revolution, VOLUME IV English Banking, VOLUME V Scottish and Irish Banks, Savings Banks, VOLUME VI Government Banking, VOLUME VII Central Banking, VOLUME VIII Restriction, VOLUME IX Joint Stock Banking, VOLUME X Monetary Conditions, Index

Forrest Capie is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, City University Business School. He is the series editor of Edward Elgar's International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History, and editor of Major Inflations in History (1991), Protectionism in the World Economy (1993), and co-editor of Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order (1991).

'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years ... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking ... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' Business History 'a splendid selection of all the important writings on British banking history down to the mid-nineteenth century, much of it accessible only with difficulty before, made available to scholars all over the world for the first time.' Financial History Review

• VOLUME I General Introduction, Money, Volume II Usury, VOLUME III Financial Revolution, VOLUME IV English Banking, VOLUME V Scottish and Irish Banks, Savings Banks, VOLUME VI Government Banking, VOLUME VII Central Banking, VOLUME VIII Restriction, VOLUME IX Joint Stock Banking, VOLUME X Monetary Conditions, Index

Forrest Capie is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, City University Business School. He is the series editor of Edward Elgar's International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History, and editor of Major Inflations in History (1991), Protectionism in the World Economy (1993), and co-editor of Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order (1991).

'These ten volumes represent the most adventurous and worthwhile exercise in economic history for many years ... [It] is a greatly welcome addition to the growing library of books on British banking ... Professor Capie and his publishers have provided an excellent service to banking scholarship.' Business History 'a splendid selection of all the important writings on British banking history down to the mid-nineteenth century, much of it accessible only with difficulty before, made available to scholars all over the world for the first time.' Financial History Review

• VOLUME I General Introduction, Money, Volume II Usury, VOLUME III Financial Revolution, VOLUME IV English Banking, VOLUME V Scottish and Irish Banks, Savings Banks, VOLUME VI Government Banking, VOLUME VII Central Banking, VOLUME VIII Restriction, VOLUME IX Joint Stock Banking, VOLUME X Monetary Conditions, Index