TY - BOOK AU - Yago,Kazuhiko TI - The financial history of the Bank for International Settlements T2 - Routledge studies in the modern world economy SN - 9780415635240 (hkb) U1 - 332.15509 PY - 2012/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Bank for International Settlements KW - History KW - International finance KW - Banks and banking, Central N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. The founding of the Bank for International Settlements: a “commercial bank,” or a “bank for central banks”? -- Ch. 2. The Bank for International Settlements and central banks during the 1930s: another anti-depression measure -- Ch. 3. On the eve of Bretton Woods: the BIS during World War II -- Ch. 4. The road to a gold-dollar standard: the BIS in the postwar reconstruction period -- Ch. 5. Neoliberalism as an alternative: international currency issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s -- Ch. 6. Conclusion ER -