Bank of Scotland. A history 1695-1995

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Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 1996. Scholarly commissioned narrative history with very substantial and detailed statistical appendices [pp932-1031]. Chapters include: 'Foundation of the Bank in 1695'; 'The crisis of 1696-7'; 'From dearth to the Union, 1697-1707'; 'The Bank and the economy of Scotland to the Union of 1707'; 'From the Union ... to the foundation of the Royal Bank'; 'Political and business history, 1727-44'; 'Bank of Scotland, 1745-65'; 'From 1765 to the aftermath of the crisis of 1772'; 'From the American War of Independence to the crisis of 1793'; 'Bank of Scotland, 1793-1815'; 'The mind of Scottish bankers'; 'Bank lending and economic and social change in the 18th century'; 'From the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the Reform Act (Scotland), 1832'; 'Bank of Scotland, 1832-49'; 'The Scottish banks in Victorian Britain'; 'The senior bank in Scotland, 1850-80'; 'The age of gentlemanly banking, 1880-1914'; 'The Union Bank of Scotland, 1830-1914'; 'The Scottish banks and the economy, 1914-39'; 'Crisis and recovery. Bank of Scotland,1914-39'; 'The Union Bank of Scotland, 1914-39'; 'The Second World War'; 'Recovery and crisis, 1945-58'; 'Bank of Scotland - difficulties with lending to industry'; 'North West Securities and the British Linen Bank, 1958-70'; 'Profit planning and North Sea Oil'; 'Bank of Scotland - threats to Scottish banking, 1979-81'; 'North West Securities and NWS Bank Plc, 1979-45'; 'The success of the Bank, 1981-95'; 'The Bank of Scotland over 300 years'. Provides significant coverage of businesses it acquired - eg British Linen Bank, Union Bank of Scotland, North West Securities