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A history of money : from ancient times to the present day /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davies, Glyn, 1919-2003
Corporate Author: Julian Hodge Bank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2002.
Edition:3rd ed., with revisions.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The nature and origins of money and barter
  • From primitive and ancient money to the invention of coinage, 3000-600 BC
  • The development of Greek and Roman money, 600 BC-AD 400
  • The penny and the pound in medieval European money, 410-1485
  • The expansion of trade and finance, 1485-1640
  • The birth and early growth of British banking, 1640-1789
  • The ascendancy of sterling, 1789-1914
  • British monetary development in the twentieth century
  • American monetary development since 1700
  • Aspects of monetary development in Europe and Japan
  • Third world money and debt in the twentieth century
  • Global money in historical perspective
  • Further towards a global currency.