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The History of the HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: Volume 3, The Hongkong Bank between the Wars and the Bank Interned, 1919-1945: Return from Grandeur
The History of the HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Volume 3 The Hongkong Bank between the Wars and the Bank Interned 19191945 Return from Grandeur Author:Frank H. H. King This third volume of a four-volume history of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation covers a period of great difficulty for the Bank and for other Eastern exchange banks. Nevertheless, the Bank never neglected its public role in Hong Kong and other Asian territories it served. The Hongkong Bank's ability to redefine its role and continu... more »e a constructive policy in the East are the main themes of this volume. The History is based primarily on the Bank's Shanghai and London archives, and on varied public and private papers. The result is a major contribution to an understanding of the financial history underlying complex economic and political developments.« less