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PEOPLE'S BANKS 



A RECORD OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 

 SUCCESS. 



Third Edition. Newly Revised and Enlarged, 



Giving a history of the Origin and Extension of Co-operative 



Banking, Statistics, and a description of the various forms 



in use in various countries. 



HENRY W. WOLFF 



(Late Chairman of the International Co-operative Alliance). 



" It is the most complete book on the subject." Mr. G. N. Pierson, late 

 Dutch Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. 



" We may confidently refer those who desire information on the point 

 to the book with which Mr. Wolff has provided us. It will be a most 

 useful thing if it is widely read and the lessons which it contains are put 

 in practice." Athenaum. 



"The book is the most systematic and intelligent account of these 

 institutions which has been published." Bankers" Magazine (New York). 



CONTENTS : 



CHAPTER. CHAPTER. 



Prefaces. XI. The "Banche Popolari " 



(I. Introduction. of Italy. 



II. The General Idea. XII. The " Casse Rurali" of 



III. The Two Problems. Italy. 



IV. The Two Aspects of the XIII. Co-operative Credit in 



Question. Belgium. 



V. Credit to Agriculture. XIV. Co-operative Credit in 



VI. The "Credit Associations" Switzerland. 



of Schulze-Delitzsch. XV. Co-operative Credit in 



VII. Raiffeisen Village Banks. France. 



VIII. Adaptations. XVI. Offshoots and Congeners. 



IX. "Assisted" Co-operative XVII. Co-operative Credit in 



Credit. India. 



X. Co-operative Credit in XVIII. Conclusion. 



Austria and Hungary. Index. 



P. S. KING S SON, Orchard House, Westminster. 



