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British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems/ by Wadan Narsey.
作者:	Narsey, Wadan.
面頁冊數:	XV, 356 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
標題:	Finance. -
電子資源:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137553188
ISBN:	9781137553188

British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems
Narsey, Wadan.

British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems[electronic resource] /by Wadan Narsey. - XV, 356 p.online resource. - Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. - Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance.

Based on archival research covering more than two centuries and most former British colonies (West Indies, India, Singapore, Malaya, West Africa and East Africa), this book is a revisionist history of the British imperial manipulations of colonial currency systems to facilitate the rise of sterling to world supremacy via the gold standard, and to slow its eventual decline after World War II. Britain forcibly replaced international currencies, including gold and sterling itself, by new localised silver currencies, backed by gold and sterling reserves in London, under the total control of the British Treasury and the powerful influence of the Bank of England. Ignoring colonial needs, imperial decision-makers continuously over-ruled colonial governments, commercial interest in colonies (British and local), Colonial Office and the Crown Agents, to support liquidity in the London Money Market, convertibility of sterling, export of British capital, and cheap readily available finance for the British Government. Academia, including Keynes and institutions like the London School of Economics, are shown to have played supporting roles. This book is valuable reading for academics and students interested in theories of imperialism, colonial underdevelopment, money (national and international) and related topics such as currency areas and exchange rates. Its comprehensive index links monetary concepts to actual events in the British Empire, with pointers to new research areas. This account of the rise and fall of sterling as a world currency may have lessons for the future trajectories of the US dollar, Euro, Chinese renminbi and the Indian rupee.

ISBN: 9781137553188

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137553188doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

559073
Finance.

LC Class. No.: HG171

Dewey Class. No.: 332.09

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