Abstract
Les historiens ont souvent souligné l’importance des frères Pereire dans la révolution bancaire en France, et surtout dans la fondation du Crédit mobilier. Une innovation d’échelle, ce dernier est largement une création de banquiers établis, particulièrement de Benoît Fould. En utilisant de nouvelles sources, cet article réévalue le rôle de Fould dans la fondation du Crédit mobilier, et place cette institution dans le contexte des développements bancaires en Europe au milieu du xixe siècle. En faisant cela, il démontre des continuités qui existent entre la monarchie de Juillet et le Second Empire en matière d’économie politique et de finance.
Historians have often emphasised the importance of the Pereire brothers in the banking revolution in France, and especially in the foundation of the Crédit mobilier. An innovation of scale, the latter was largely a creation of established bankers, particularly of Benoît Fould. Using previously untapped sources, this article reconstructs Fould’s role in founding the Crédit mobilier, while also situating this institution in the context of other financial experiments being undertaken in mid-nineteenth-century Europe. In doing so, it shows some of the continuities that existed in political economy and finance between the July Monarchy and the Second Empire.
Historians have often emphasised the importance of the Pereire brothers in the banking revolution in France, and especially in the foundation of the Crédit mobilier. An innovation of scale, the latter was largely a creation of established bankers, particularly of Benoît Fould. Using previously untapped sources, this article reconstructs Fould’s role in founding the Crédit mobilier, while also situating this institution in the context of other financial experiments being undertaken in mid-nineteenth-century Europe. In doing so, it shows some of the continuities that existed in political economy and finance between the July Monarchy and the Second Empire.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Crédit mobilier before the supremacy of the Pereires |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 46-63 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Histoire, Économie et Société |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 23 Jun 2020 |
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| Publication status | Published - 23 Jun 2020 |