Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction; Part I Insights into Malta's Banking and Monetary History: A small, open Mediterranean economy – then and now, Michael C. Bonello; Malta's banking history, overview and observations, John Consiglio; Outlines of Malta’s numismatic history, Joseph C. Sammut. Part II The Rise of Modern Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean: The Mediterranean banking systems: convergence or path dependence?, Massimiliano Affinito and Riccardo De Bonis; Stability against all odds: the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 1875–1914, Edhem Eldem. Part III Finance and Intramediterranean Economic Relations: Non-bank financial corporate start-ups, 1830–1909: a note on Greek banking history, Ioanna Sapho Pepelasis; Diversity in banking systems. France, Italy and Spain,19th and 20th centuries, Juan Carles Maixé-Altés; Banking expansion, success and failure in the British Mediterranean: the Ionian Bank, 1840s–1920s, Alexandros Apostolides and Athanasios Gekas. Part IV Money and Currency Developments in the Mediterranean: National states and central banks in the Mediterranean world in the interwar period, Nuno Valério; Central banking in the Iberian peninsula: a comparison, Pablo Martín-Aceña; A Mediterranean 19th century. Economic dynamics of the Mediterranean area during the first two-thirds of the century, Gérard Chastagnaret. Part V Banking and Finance Archives: Second-rate imperialism. The Banque d'Etat du Maroc, viewed from the archives of the Bank of Spain, Maria Teresa Tortella and Gabriel Tortella; How French banking archives document Mediterranean history (c.1850–1960), Catherine Dardignac and Roger Nougaret; The historical archive of the Banco di Napoli. A primary resource for social and economic history in a Mediterranean view, Paola Avallone and Giovanni Lombardi; Bibliography; Index.
