Nation-states and money : the past, present and future of national currencies / edited by Emily Gilbert and Eric Helleiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilbert, Emily, 1969-

Helleiner, Eric, 1963-

Series:

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy ; 2.

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Money--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

National currencies appear to be threatened from all sides. European Union member countries are due to abandon their national currencies in favour of a supranational currency by the year 2000. Elsewhere, the use of foreign currencies within national economic spaces is on the increase, as shown by the growth of eurocurrency activity, and currency substitution in many parts of the world. In the last decade, privately-issued sub-national local currencies have also proliferated in a number of countries, and predict the emergence of private electronic monies of the future. In the light of t

Contents:

Front Cover; Nation-States and Money; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Series editors' preface; Preface and acknowledge; 1. Introduction - nation-states and money: historical contexts, interdisciplinary perspectives: Emily Gilbert and Eric Helleiner; Part I: Nations, states and currencies in historical perspective; 2. Forging a national currency: money, state-building and nation-making in Canada: Emily Gilbert; 3. 'The Scotch hate gold': British identity and paper money: Matthew Rowlinson; 4. Local currencies in pre-industrial Japan: Makoto Maruyama

5. Official standardisation vs. social differentiation in Americans' uses of money: Viviana Zelizer6. A distant view: imagery and imagination in the paper currency of the British Empire, 1800-1960: Virginia Hewitt; Part II: Challenges to national currencies in the contemporary age; 7. The new geography of money: Benjamin Cohen; 8. Denationalising money?: economic liberalism and the 'national question' in currency affairs: Eric Helleiner; 9. Moral geographies of money: Nigel Thrift and Andrew Leyshon; 10. Globalisation of money?: national sovereignty and the management of risk: Nigel Dodd

11. The logic of giving up national currencies: lessons from Europe's monetary union: Amy Verdun12. Conclusion - the future of national currencies?: Eric Helleiner; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-23219-5

0-203-45982-2

1-134-65818-4

1-280-06189-8

0-203-45093-0

9780429232190

OCLC:

437084588