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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810315403321

Autore

Gallarotti Giulio M

Titolo

The anatomy of an international monetary regime : the classical gold standard, 1880-1914 / / Giulio M. Gallarotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-770994-X

1-280-53490-7

0-19-535823-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

332.4/52

Soggetti

Gold standard - History

International finance - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p.325-340. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Classical Gold Standard as an International Monetary Regime; 3 Cooperation under the Gold Standard; 4 British Hegemony under the Gold Standard; 5 Hegemony and the Bank of England; 6 The Origin of the Gold Standard; 7 The Stability of the Gold Standard; 8 The Gold Standard and Regime Theory; Statistical Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This historical analysis of the gold standard from 1880-1914 focuses on the origins and workings of the gold standard as an international system. It describes how the system functioned smoothly until the onset of World War I, when the foundations began to weaken.