The Gold Standard at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Rising Powers, Global Money, and the Age of Empire
(Part of the Columbia Studies in International and Global History Series)
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By the end of the nineteenth century, the world was ready to adopt the gold standard out of concerns of national power, prestige, and anti-English competition. Yet although the gold standard allowed countries to enact a virtual single world currency, the years before World War I were not a time of unfettered liberal economics and one-world, one-market harmony. Outside of Europe, the gold standard became a tool for nationalists and protectionists...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231152523
ISBN13:9780231152525
Release Date:August 2010
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.7"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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