Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean: A Historical Perspective

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

European Association for Banking history. Conference (2007: Malta)

Banking and finance in the Mediterraneans historical perspective. – (Studies in banking and financial history) 1. Banks and banking-Mediterranean Region-History-Congresses.

I. Title II. Series III. Consiglio, John A.

332.1’091822-dc22

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Banking and finance in the Mediterranean : a historical perspective/John Consiglio.

p. cm. — (Studies in banking and financial history)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4094-2984-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Banks and banking—Mediterranean Region—history. 2. Finance— Mediterranean Region—history. I. Consiglio, John A.

HG3250.7.A6B36 2011

332.109182’2—dc23

2011026568

ISBN 9781409429845 (hbk)