A history of money / Glyn Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Glyn, 1919-2003, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Money--History.

History.

Coinage.

Coinage--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

polychrome

Edition:

Fourth edition / revised, updated and with a new introduction by Duncan Connors.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A History of Money looks at how money as we know it developed through time. Starting with the barter system, the basic function of exchanging goods evolved into a monetary system based on coins made up of precious metals and, from the 1500s onwards, financial systems were established through which money became intertwined with commerce and trade, to settle by the mid-1800s into a stable system based upon Gold. This book presents its closing argument that, since the collapse of the Gold Standard, the global monetary system has undergone constant crisis and evolution continuing into the present day. Book jacket.

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 BD-AD 410

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 Asia

Money and Debt in Developing Nations during the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Further towards a Global Currency 1990-2015

Conclusion: The Role of Money in a Global Economy.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Davies, Glyn, 1919-2003. History of money.

ISBN:

9781783163106

1783163100

Publisher Number:

99983981517

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.