War and Gold

A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt

Kwasi Kwarteng (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2014
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-1-4088-4815-9 (ISBN)

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In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors discovered the New World. The vast quantities of gold and silver would make their country rich, yet the new wealth, which was plunged into multiple wars, would eventually lead to the economic ruin of their empire. Here, historian and politician Kwasi Kwarteng shows that this moment in world history has been echoed many times, from the French Revolution to both World Wars, right up to the present day, when our own financial crisis saw many of our great nations slip into financial trouble. Kwarteng reveals a pattern of war-waging, financial debt and fluctuations between paper money and the gold standard, and creates a compelling study of the powerful relationship that has shaped the world as we know it, that between war and gold.

Kwasi Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian parents. He has a PhD in History from Cambridge University and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in Surrey. His first book, Ghosts of Empire, was published to critical acclaim in 2011. www.kwart2010.com @kwasikwarteng

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.5.2014
Zusatzinfo	2 x 8 page B&W plates
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	811 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4088-4815-5 / 1408848155
ISBN-13	978-1-4088-4815-9 / 9781408848159
Zustand	Neuware