The Currency Of Empire
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The Currency Of Empire
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Author : Jonathan Barth
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-15
The Currency Of Empire written by Jonathan Barth and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with History categories.
In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas. The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues, directed the plan for colonization, the regulation of colonial commerce, and the politics of empire. The imperial project required an orderly flow of gold and silver, and thus England's colonial regime required stringent monetary regulation. As Barth shows, money was also a flash point for resistance; many colonists acutely resented their subordinate economic station, desiring for their local economies a robust, secure, and uniform money supply. This placed them immediately at odds with the mercantilist laws of the empire and precipitated an imperial crisis in the 1670s, a full century before the Declaration of Independence. The Currency of Empire examines what were a series of explosive political conflicts in the seventeenth century and demonstrates how the struggle over monetary policy prefigured the patriot reaction to the Stamp Act and so-called Intolerable Acts on the eve of American independence. Thanks to generous funding from the Arizona State University and George Mason University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other Open Access repositories.
A Cultural History Of Money In The Age Of Empire
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Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-03-11
A Cultural History Of Money In The Age Of Empire written by Bloomsbury Publishing and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-11 with History categories.
The nineteenth century was a time of intense monetization of social life: increasingly money became the only means of access to goods and services, especially in the new metropolises; new technologies and infrastructures emerged for saving and circulating money and for standardizing coinage; and paper currencies were printed, founded purely on trust without any intrinsic metallic value. But the monetary landscape was ambivalent so that the forces unifying monetary practice (imperial and national currencies, global monetary standards such as the gold standard) coexisted with the proliferation of local currencies. Money became a central issue in politics, the arts, and sciences - and the modern discipline of economics was born, with its claim to a monopoly on knowing and governing money. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in the Age of Empire presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age.
Empire Of Silver
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Author : Jin Xu
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Empire Of Silver written by Jin Xu and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with History categories.
A thousand-year history of how China’s obsession with silver influenced the country’s financial well-being, global standing, and political stability This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song dynasty in around 900 CE, silver gradually became central to China’s economic framework and was officially monetized in the middle of the Ming dynasty during the sixteenth century. However, due to the early adoption of paper money in China, silver was not formed into coins but became a cumbersome “weighing currency,” for which ingots had to be constantly examined for weight and purity—an unwieldy practice that lasted for centuries. While China’s interest in silver spurred new avenues of trade and helped increase the country’s global economic footprint, Jin Xu argues that, in the long run, silver played a key role in the struggles and entanglements that led to the decline of the Chinese empire.
The International Gold Standard
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Author : Marcello De Cecco
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1984
The International Gold Standard written by Marcello De Cecco and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Business & Economics categories.
Money Finance And Empire
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Author : A.N. Porter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Money Finance And Empire written by A.N. Porter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Business & Economics categories.
This book was first published in 1985.
The Currency Of China
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Author : James K. Morrison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Currency Of China written by James K. Morrison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Money categories.
A Monetary History Of The Ottoman Empire
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Author : Sevket Pamuk
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-03-09
A Monetary History Of The Ottoman Empire written by Sevket Pamuk and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-09 with Business & Economics categories.
An important book on the monetary history of the Ottoman empire by a leading economic historian.
Monetary System In The Empire
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Author : Ridvan Akbay
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-07-30
Monetary System In The Empire written by Ridvan Akbay and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-30 with categories.
The Ottoman Empire stood at the crossroads of intercontinental trade at the dawn of a new era called, capitalism. It was a time when the citizens of different empires and nations were starting to get together to trade. For the empire, during the early days of capitalism, the metal coins used as currency were a major symbol of sovereignty, and one of the leading means of exchange. Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, Ottoman coins, particularly gold coins competed with foreign currencies, since the quality of the coins were exceptional. However, over time, and due to numerous wars, the empire became unable to meet financial obligations and was forced to devalue the currency. The problems were coming for the empire, not yet surfaced, but coming in the next centuries, when the slow decline began, since devaluing currency was not the proper and smart action to take. Please order the book, and read the interesting and unusual story. Thank you,
On Chinese Currency
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Author : Willem Vissering
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2019-01-18
On Chinese Currency written by Willem Vissering and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-18 with categories.
Excerpt from On Chinese Currency: Coin and Paper Money The three kingdoms. The Tsin-dynasty re-unites the empire. Hwan hiucn proposes to abolish the money.' Speech of the privy councilor Kung-lin against that plan. The same question discussed in another part of the country. Division of the empire into North and South. The Southern empire, the Sung-dynasty. A session of the privy coun oil and advice not to coin too light pieces. Wretched condition of the currency during the reign of the Deposed emperor. - View of the po litiosl events by which the four subsequent dynasties rose and fell. Admirable speech of a Minister on the necessity that money should have a real value and be perfectly coined - The Liang-dynasty. - Institution of iron money; its failure. The Tg'an-dynasty. The northern em pire. The Wei-dynasty. Money is not used at all, the people enu forced to usc it. Discussions on the institution of a new currency. Northern tsi-dynasty.-assisement introduced. -gold and silver money of the far west. The Sui-dynasty re-unites the empire. Unavailing measures to introduce a better currency. Money superseded by other objects. End of the Sui-dynasty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Shades Of Sovereignty
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Author : Paul Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-07-12
Shades Of Sovereignty written by Paul Wilson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-12 with Business & Economics categories.
This comprehensive book traces the role of money in the creation of the state. Starting in the early modern era, Paul Wilson explores the monetary systems of empires and new states in the age of nation-building in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Spanning a wide geographical and historical range from the creation of the United States of America to the establishment of the European Union and the breakup of the Soviet Union and beyond, the author examines changing attitudes toward monetary sovereignty as dozens of new states created new currencies since the end of the Second World War. Wilson analyzes the decision–making of newly independent states in their choice of an appropriate currency, considering the complex factors involved—ranging from the purely economic to questions of security, international recognition, and outright nationalism that have played a part. The author challenges the notion that each country must necessarily have its own currency and explains why some newly independent countries have chosen to adopt the currency of another state. Citing the examples of international currency unions of the nineteenth century and the present day, he contends that sharing a currency does not represent a surrender of political sovereignty. Instead, Wilson argues for a more rational attitude toward money as a facilitator of transactions rather than as a symbol of national identity.