Till time's last sand : a history of the Bank of England 1694-2013 /
by Kynaston, David.
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017Description: viii, 879 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408868560 (hbk.) :; 1408868563 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 332.1109 KYNSubject(s): Bank of England -- History | Banks and banking, Central -- Great Britain -- History | Finance and Accounting | Finance and AccountingSummary: 'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared about the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and for the vast majority of that time it has been central in British history, with an increasingly high profile in recent years. There has never been a modern, authoritative and accessible single-volume history - David Kynaston's will be the first, and has been written with the Bank's cooperation and with complete access to its archives.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 332.1109 KYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002947491X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared about the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and for the vast majority of that time it has been central in British history, with an increasingly high profile in recent years. There has never been a modern, authoritative and accessible single-volume history - David Kynaston's will be the first, and has been written with the Bank's cooperation and with complete access to its archives.
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