Titlebook: British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems; Wadan Narsey Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 20

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Introduction: The Accepted History of British Colonial Currency Systems and the Key Questions, authoritative works on the British Empire, such as Lawrence James’ (1994) (.), Niall Ferguson’s (2002) (.), Robert Johnson’s (2003) (.) and Philippa Levine’s (2007) (.) do not have a single reference to currency or money in their indexes. The one exception is ., edited by P. J. Marshall (1996) whic

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,India, 1893–1914: Conflicts and Resolution, before 1912 to the currency board system imposed on West Africa and other colonies. Chandavarkar (1984:774) was intrigued that India ‘altogether escaped from the thrall of the all-pervading British colonial currency board standard with its 100 percent currency reserves’. This chapter establishes th

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,Straits Settlements, 1893–1912: Transition from India to West Africa,board was formally established. The Straits consisted of four separate British settlements on the Malayan peninsula: Singapore, Malacca, Dinding and Penang. . Originally ruled by the British East India Company, it became a subdivision of the Presidency of Bengal in India in 1830. In 1867 it became a

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Establishment of the West African Currency Board and East African Anomalies,gold coins circulating in British West Africa, by undervaluation or demonetization, and, despite colonial opposition, replaced them with British silver tokens. Through an arrangement between the authorities and the Bank of British West Africa, the British silver tokens were landed at face value in t

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Reassessment of the Currency Board Debate, sets the record straight for students of colonial currency systems who will inevitably come across many accounts of currency and monetary policies in different colonies, most of which are inaccurate or completely wrong. Second, this book emphasizes to students of economics the critical importance o

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