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British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems
Wadan Narsey
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Description for British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems
Hardback. Wadan Narsey explores how Great Britain sustained financial supremacy in the international economy in the latter part of the nineteenth century, while also maintaining its commitment to keeping the pound sterling fully convertible to a fixed amount of gold. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTQ; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137553171
SKU
V9781137553171
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99-15
About Wadan Narsey
Wadan Narsey is a former Professor of Economics at The University of the South Pacific. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, and at Swinburne University, Australia. He is a former Fiji parliamentarian, a commentator on the political economy of Fiji and the Pacific and a regular columnist for the Fiji Times. He has a personal ... Read more
Reviews for British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems
Narsey offers us an original and pioneering investigation of how the British state regulated gold, silver and paper as media of exchange, debt, and savings in colonies, from simple management of coinage to the emergence of the currency board, to become a critical part and the heart of the British Empire. Appearing in the fascinating story are privateers in the ... Read more