Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on June 21, 2007
Enterprise and Society 2007 8(3):741-742; doi:10.1093/es/khm052
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Samuel Tilman. Les Grands Banquiers Belges: (1830–1935) Portrait Collectif d'une élite
Samuel Tilman. Les Grands Banquiers Belges: (1830–1935) Portrait Collectif d'une élite. Classe des Lettres. Bruxelles: Académie Royale de Belgique, 2005. 441 pp. ISBN 2-8031-0226-9,
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Samuel Tilman's collective portrait of the leading Belgian bankers originated as a doctoral dissertation presented at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2004. The book, beautifully produced by the publisher, has nevertheless retained all the characteristics of a high quality academic work, especially in terms of the detailed erudition essential in such studies.
Tilman's book is an important contribution to our knowledge of Europe's banks and bankers, following works on Britain, France, Germany and,
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