Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266094708
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Excerpt from A History of Banking in All the Leading Nations, Vol. 3 of 4: Comprising the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Austro-Hungary, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Holland, the Scandinavian Nations, Canada, China, Japan HE business of banking and loaning money at interest has existed from the earliest forms Of civilization, because it responds to an imperative need of society. It was con ducted in Athens, probably in Carthage, and certainly in Rome; but, after the establishment of Christianity, it en countered serious obstacles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.