1st Edition
Battles for the Standard Bimetallism and the Spread of the Gold Standard in the Nineteenth Century
By Ted Wilson
Copyright 2000
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000. This is a history of the monetary developments in the international economy of the 19th century. It reviews the monetary developments in the core economies of the period: Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and also India. Particular attention is given to the expansion of the gold standard in the context of the intense national and international... Read more
Contents: Gold, silver and money; Britain’s golden heritage; France, bimetallism and standardization; India and the silver rupee; The United States: gold and silver in the Gilded Age; The spread of the gold standard and the defeat of bimetallism; The great monetary debate and the decline of bimetallism; Index.
Biography
Wilson, Ted
.a helpful, thoughtful and often insightful study.' English Historical Review
