There has been renewed interest in the role of financial elites since the economic crisis of 2008. This edited book examines the role of financial elites from a historical perspective through a series of studies of various European countries throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Introduction -- Dana T. Redford PART 1: FRAMEWORK CHAPTERS 1. The Rise of Financial Services in Africa: an historical perspective -- Grietjie Verhoef 2. High-Impact Entrepreneurship and its Importance in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Dana T. Redford & Christian Wolf 3. Transforming Africa through Risk...