Details

Subject(s)

• Gold standard—History [Browse]
• International finance—History [Browse]

Series

Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

This historical analysis of the gold standard from 1880-1914 focuses on the origins and workings of the gold standard as an international system. It describes how the system functioned smoothly until the onset of World War I, when the foundations began to weaken.

Notes

• Bibliography: p.325-340. - Includes index.
• Previously issued in print: 1995.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.

Source of description

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Classical Gold Standard as an International Monetary Regime; 3 Cooperation under the Gold Standard; 4 British Hegemony under the Gold Standard; 5 Hegemony and the Bank of England; 6 The Origin of the Gold Standard; 7 The Stability of the Gold Standard; 8 The Gold Standard and Regime Theory; Statistical Appendix; Notes; References; Index

ISBN

• 0-19-770994-X
• 1-280-53490-7
• 0-19-535823-6

OCLC

• 252606944
• 1406786106
• 30511110

Doi

• 10.1093/oso/9780195089905.001.0001

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