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Hardcover. Num Pages: 270 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; KCZ; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
This publication may be of especial interest for American readers in that, perhaps for the first time, the complex power and political relationships existing in Central Europe at the beginning of the early modern period, which led to the emergence of the dollar, are clearly explained.A It goes on to explain the relationships that existed between the different thaler currencies that were involved in the development of the European currency systems right up to modern times and explains the reasons why the term "dollar" was used in the late 18th Century, at the time of the founding of the United ... Read more
This publication may be of especial interest for American readers in that, perhaps for the first time, the complex power and political relationships existing in Central Europe at the beginning of the early modern period, which led to the emergence of the dollar, are clearly explained.A It goes on to explain the relationships that existed between the different thaler currencies that were involved in the development of the European currency systems right up to modern times and explains the reasons why the term "dollar" was used in the late 18th Century, at the time of the founding of the United ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Bradenton, United States
ISBN
9780880337052
SKU
V9780880337052
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About Vorel
Petr Vorel is a Czech historian, numismatist and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Pardubice.A His long-term research interest is the economic and political history of Central Europe and specifically with the history of monetary circulation. He considers as his most important publications on this topic the books Monetary Circulation in Central Europe at ... Read more
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A very detailed introduction to the history of silver coinage from the fifteenth up to the twentieth century.
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