期刊全称 | British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems | 影响因子2023 | Wadan Narsey | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Provides an account of the rise and fall of sterling as a world currency.Outlines more than two centuries of archival research and most former British colonies.Observes and analyses how Britain forcib | 学科分类 | Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | Based on archival research covering more than two centuries and most former British colonies (West Indies, India, Singapore, Malaya, West Africa and East Africa), this book is a revisionist history of the British imperial manipulations of colonial currency systems to facilitate the rise of sterling to world supremacy via the gold standard, and to slow its eventual decline after World War II. .Britain forcibly replaced international currencies, including gold and sterling itself, by new localised silver currencies, backed by gold and sterling reserves in London, under the total control of the British Treasury and the powerful influence of the Bank of England. .Ignoring colonial needs, imperial decision-makers continuously over-ruled colonial governments, commercial interest in colonies (British and local), Colonial Office and the Crown Agents, to support liquidity in the London Money Market, convertibility of sterling, export of British capital, and cheap readilyavailable finance for the British Government. Academia, including Keynes and institutions like the London School of Economics, are shown to have played supporting roles. .This book is valuable reading for academics and stude | Pindex | Book 2016 |
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