Items related to A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920 (Verso Modern...
For much of human history, the motive force behind war, conquest, social conflict and world exploration has been the drive to acquire gold. From the ancient world of Croesus to the wealthy dynasties of Renaissance Italy, from the earliest European explorations into Africa, America, and Asia to the gold rushes of the nineteenth century and the banking crises that lay beyond them, Pierre Vilar depicts the awesome power of avarice to structure the world in which we live. The insidious power of gold and money is the subject of this enlightening and entertaining history.
The age of exploration brought an influx of treasure into Western Europe, prompting disputes between theologians and early economists over the causes of inflation in the sixteenth century. In time, American silver distorted metropolitan Spanish society beyond recognition. Vilar goes on to examine the roots of the modern banking and financial systems in institutions founded in Holland, England and France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. And in the nineteenth century, the gold rushes of Australia, California and South Africa generated new modifications in the international monetary system.
Vilar concludes the story of these developments with a discussion of the crisis of the 1920s that, in the wake of the world credit crash of 2008, is more pertinent than ever. A History of Gold and Money provides a unique work of synthesis on the role of money in modern economic history.
The age of exploration brought an influx of treasure into Western Europe, prompting disputes between theologians and early economists over the causes of inflation in the sixteenth century. In time, American silver distorted metropolitan Spanish society beyond recognition. Vilar goes on to examine the roots of the modern banking and financial systems in institutions founded in Holland, England and France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. And in the nineteenth century, the gold rushes of Australia, California and South Africa generated new modifications in the international monetary system.
Vilar concludes the story of these developments with a discussion of the crisis of the 1920s that, in the wake of the world credit crash of 2008, is more pertinent than ever. A History of Gold and Money provides a unique work of synthesis on the role of money in modern economic history.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Pierre Vilar was one of the most renowned of recent French historians. His magnum opus is a three-volume study of La Catalogue dans la France moderne (1962).
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish
Original Language: Spanish
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherVerso
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0860917983
- ISBN 13 9780860917984
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages360
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 70.98
Shipping:
US$ 8.03
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
A History Of Gold And Money
Published by
Verso Books
(1991)
ISBN 10: 0860917983
ISBN 13: 9780860917984
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. pp. 360 This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 95427574
Buy New
US$ 70.98
Convert currency
Stock Image
A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920 (Verso Modern Classics)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0860917983
Buy New
US$ 250.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920 (Verso Modern Classics)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0860917983
Buy New
US$ 252.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920 (Verso Modern Classics)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0860917983
Buy New
US$ 255.56
Convert currency