British Overseas Investment in the Nineteenth Century

Front Matter....Pages 1-9 The Volume of Capital Exports, 1815–1914....Pages 11-15 Beginnings, 1815–1855....Pages 17-25 The Growth of the Portfolio, 1855–1914....Pages 27-40 Capital Exports and the Borrowing Economy....Pages 41-46 Capital Exports and the British Economy....Pages 47-55 Capital Exports: The Long Swing and the Development of the World Economy....Pages 57-64 Back Matter....Pages 65-79