ABSTRACT
This book presents a detailed and surprising history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It also summarizes twentieth century developments and places them in their historical context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
INTRODUCTION
part |2 pages
Part I MONEY AS COIN
chapter |14 pages
SOME CONCEPTS OF MONEY
chapter |8 pages
MONEY IN EUROPE TO 1250
chapter |10 pages
MONEY IN THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
chapter |19 pages
THE GREAT DEBASEMENT OF HENRY VIII’S
chapter |7 pages
THE RECOINAGE OF 1696—LOCKE, LOWNDES
chapter |7 pages
FORMALISING THE UNITED KINGDOM GOLD
chapter |9 pages
BIMETALLISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
chapter |8 pages
BIMETALLISM—THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA
chapter |6 pages
SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF BIMETALLISM
chapter |6 pages
THE EARLIER HISTORY OF MONEY
part |2 pages
Part II THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREDIT AND BANKING
chapter |8 pages
INTRODUCTION
chapter |6 pages
CREDIT AND THE TRADE FAIRS
chapter |9 pages
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
chapter |10 pages
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE: 1720
chapter |11 pages
DEPOSIT BANKING IN ENGLAND
chapter |15 pages
MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UNITED
chapter |7 pages
AFTER THE BANK WARS: THE UK/US CRISES OF 1836 TO 1839
chapter |10 pages
PRIVATE BANKING IN THE EARLY UNITED
chapter |8 pages
THE BANK CHARTER ACT OF 1844 AND THE CRISIS OF 1847
part |2 pages
Part III INCONVERTIBLE PAPER MONEY
