The global securities market

the long version

"This history of the global securities market is the product of over 30 years of research by one of the world's foremost financial historians. It covers all aspects of the history of the securities market from its beginnings in Medieval Venice, through Amsterdam and London, to its operations in Tokyo and New York today. It also integrates the history of both stocks and bonds, established and emerging markets, stock exchanges and over-the counter trading, and the crises and continuity that have made the global securities market such a force in the world over the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.