Gold : a world survey / Rae Weston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weston, Rae, author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gold.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1983, this book provides a comprehensive view of gold and gold trading in its many facets, and identifies those sources of information that are important for an understanding of the world's gold markets. The author looks first at gold's changing role since 1960; in particular, the change from the fixed price to the present free market determination of price. The different forms the demand for gold takes - bullion, paper or in fabricated forms such as jewellery - are explained in detail. This is followed by an analysis of the supply side - new gold production and th

Contents:

pt. 1. Gold in the international monetary system

pt. 2. The demand side

the forms and uses of gold

pt. 3. The supply side

the mining of gold

pt. 4. The supply side

old gold

pt. 5. The gold markets

pt. 6. The price of gold.

Notes:

First published in 1983 by Croom Helm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-22331-2

0-7099-0202-6

0-203-09758-0

1-283-88439-9

1-136-22332-0

9780203097588

OCLC:

823389348