A history of gold and money, 1450 to 1920 / Pierre Vilar ; translated by Judith White.

Author
Vilar, Pierre, 1906-2003 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Verso, 1991.
Description
360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

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    Series
    Verso modern classics [More in this series]
    Notes
    Translation of: Oro y moneda en la historia.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction: gold in world history
    • Primitive times and the ancient world
    • Some observations on the middle ages
    • The conjuncture and price movements, 1450-1500
    • African gold and Genoese-Iberian discoveries
    • Portugal, Spain and the gold trade
    • The Spanish discovery of Caribbean gold
    • The conjuncture of 1450.1530
    • The beginnings of the price revolution
    • The price revolution and the channels of trade
    • Bullion and Portuguese commerce
    • The gold and silver of the Americas
    • Innovations in the new world
    • Potosi
    • Huancavelica and the distribution of American silver
    • Gold and silver in Castile
    • The Spanish debate on precious metals
    • The price revolution in France
    • French monetary theory
    • The price revolution in Italy
    • Bullion in the European and colonial economies, 1500-1800
    • The monetary role of the bank of Amsterdam
    • The establishment of the bank of England
    • English expansion and Brazilian gold
    • Monetary stabilisation and economic change in Spain
    • From Colbert to Law
    • The 18th century conjuncture
    • Bullion and the ancient regime
    • Banking and credit in France, 1726-1790
    • Banking and credit in England, 1726-1790
    • Mexican silver and the European conjuncture
    • Money in the French revolution
    • Monetary problems in England, 1797-1819
    • The 19th century conjuncture
    • The relationship between prices an the output of gold
    • In search of a global but not one-sided explanation.
    ISBN
    • 0860917983 ((pbk.))
    • 9780860917984 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    91039851
    OCLC
    24791828
    Other standard number
    • ZBWT00391789
    • pot40010935
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