The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System from the late 19th Century to the Present

Actors, Networks, Power

S. Bott (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

205 Seiten

2013 | 1st ed. 2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-45519-5 (ISBN)

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Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction of this precious metal to its consumption.

Catherine R. Schenk, University of Glasgow, UK Steven Topik, University of California, Irvine, USA Stefano Ugolini, Sciences Po Toulouse, France Michele Blagg, Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London, UK Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Rachel Harvey, Columbia University, USA

Foreword: Gold Has a History; Olivier Feiertag Introduction: Towards a Global History of Gold; Sandra Bott 1. The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System; Catherine R. Schenk 2. The Gold Standard in Brazil and Mexico in the Early Twentieth Century; Steven Topik 3. The Bank of England as the World Gold Market-Maker during the Classical Gold Standard Era, 1889-1910; Stefano Ugolini 4. Gold Refining in London: The End of a Rainbow 1919-1922; Michele Blagg 5. Gold as a Diplomatic Tool: How the Threat of Gold Purchases Worked as Leverage in International Monetary Relations, 1960-1968; Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl 6. The Hong Kong Gold Market during the 1960s; Catherine R. Schenk 7. South African Gold at the Heart of the Competition between the Zurich and the London Financial Centres in the Bretton Woods Era; Sandra Bott 8. Market Status/Status Markets: The London Gold Fixing in the Bretton Woods Era; Rachel Harvey

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XV, 205 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
Schlagworte	Bank • Bretton Woods • Competition
ISBN-10	1-349-45519-9 / 1349455199
ISBN-13	978-1-349-45519-5 / 9781349455195
Zustand	Neuware