A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Paperback, 1)

Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The rise of public finance, 1820-1870 The Bank of Lisbon and the Public Credit Board, 1821-1846 The 1846 financial and the foundation of Bank of Portugal 1853: the new financial order Chapter 2: Financial boom and crisis, 1870-1876 The liquidity boom, 1870-1876 The 1876 crisis The Public Credit Board reformed once more Chapter 3: The establishment of Caixa Geral de Depositos, 1876-1880 The Parliamentary debate The commencement How it worked Chapter 4: The establishment of Caixa Economica Portuguesa, 1880-1886 The debate on the public savings bank The plan for the establishment of Caixa Economica Portuguesa The wider financial reforms, 1885-1886 Chapter 5: The financial reform, 1886-1890 The progressive financial revolution A new statue for the Bank of Portugal Government control Chapter 6: The financial crisis, 1890-1892 How it started The radical solution The progressives once more Chapter 7: Back to the old order, 1892-1910 The return of the regeneradores The 1896 reform Chapter 8: The Republic, 1910-1926 The new political regime The impact on Caixa The second Republican reform Chapter 9: The new order, 1926-1929 Before Salazar Salazar as Finance Minister Beyond public bonds The 1929 reform The politics of regime change at Caixa Chapter 10: The consolidation of the Estado Novo, 1929-1935 Financial stability Credit to the economy Social housing and urban improvements Caixa and the Empire Chapter 11: Public investment, 1935-1950 The new state and the economy The second World War After the War Chapter 12: Between the state and the market, 1950-1968 Financial concerns The development plans Housing The new banking framework Chapter 13: Staying behind, 1968-1974 The technocratic dictator The public company Hard times Chapter 14: The nationalizations and beyond, 1974-1992 Regime change and the banking sector Remittances and construction Normalization The Caixa and the government The acquisition of Banco Nacional Ultramarino Chapter 15: Coping with the monetary union, 1992-2010 The fragile internationalization The Iberian ambition Following the language Conclusion References Index