Christophe Lastecoueres, Les feux de la banque: oligarchic et pouvoir financier dans le Sud-Ouest (1848-1941) (Paris: CTHS, 2006, €35)

摘要

Showing the role and importance of banks in economic development has been key to banking history since the works of Alexander Gerschenkron. But most investigations have been either too broad or too national to not bring deceptive answers, leaving Gerschenkron's stimulating hypothesis unproven.