Schroders Merchants & Bankers [Paperback]

J.Henry Schroder Wagg & Co has been a leading merchant bank of the City of London for more than a century. This book tells its history, from its founding in 1818 by John Henry Schroder, a Hamburg merchant, through difficult times in the international slump of the early 1930s, to its rise to one of the largest and most prestigious of city firms in London today.List of Plates - List of Maps - List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - Acknowledgements - Note on Terminology - PART 1: HAMBURG AND LONDON 1654-1918 - Origins in Quakenbr ck and Hamburg: 1654-1821 - Johann Heinrich Schroder in London, Hamburg and Liverpool: 1800-1849 - Emergence as Leading Merchant Bankers: 1849-1871 - Boom, Recession and Recovery: 1871-1892 - Anglo-German High Finance: 1892-1914 - The First World War: 1914-1918 - PART 2: LONDON AND NEW YORK 1919-1959 - Prosperity Amidst European Instability: 1918-1931 - The New World Beckons: Schrobanco, 1923- 1935 - 'Standstill', Depression and War: 1931-1945 - Leadership from New York: Schrobanco 1935-1962 - Recovery and Growth in London: 1945-1959 - Helbert, Wagg & Co: 1848-1960 - PART 3: THE INTERNATIONAL FIRM SINCE 1960 - Schroder Wagg, 1960-1973 - International Expansion: 1960-1973 - Schroders Since 1973 - Appendices - Note on Sources - Notes - Index

'For anyone even vaguely interested in the City, the book is worth dipping into to get a feeling of how one of the most successful British merchant banks operates.' - Investors Chronicle