Frontmatter — Foreword — Table of Contents — Chapter 1. Central Bank Autonomy: A Historical Perspective — Chapter 2. The Autonomy of Monetary Authorities: The Case of the U.S. Federal Reserve System — Chapter 3. The Bank of England: Relationships with the Government, the Civil Service, and Parliament — Chapter 4. The Banque de France and the State from 1850 to the Present Day — Chapter 5. Relations between Monetary Authorities and Governmental Institutions: The Case of Germany from the 19th Century to the Present — Chapter 6. A Central Bank Between the Government and the Credit System: The Bank of Italy after World War II — About the Authors — 199-202