Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Evolution of Merchant Roles in Eighteenth-century Finance 2. Market Leaders: Rothschilds and Barings 3. New Competitors 4. The Structure of Merchant Banking and its Nineteenth-century Pinnacle 5. Qualification: 'Indubitable Credit' 6. The Work of Issue Houses 7. The Work of Accepting Houses 8. The Decline of Merchanting 9. Consortiums and Syndicates 10. Performance

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Chapman, Stanley