The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System from the late 19th Century to the Present [electronic resource] : Actors, Networks, Power /
Bott, Sandra.editor.
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.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Introduction: Towards a Global History of Gold                                                     ""; ""1 The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System                                                                     ""
""2 Gold in Latin America : What the Gold Standard Meant in Brazil and Mexico at the Beginning of the 20th Century                                                                                                                       """"3 The Bank of England as the World Gold Market Maker during the Classical Gold Standard Era, 1889â€?1910                                                                                                             ""; ""4 Gold Refining in London: The End of the Rainbow, 1919â€?22                                                                 ""
""5 South African Gold at the Heart of the Competition between the Zurich and the London Gold Markets at a Time of Global Regulation, 1945â€?68                                                                                                                                                  """"6 The Hong Kong Gold Market during the 1960s: Local and Global Effects                                                                             ""
""7 Gold as a Diplomatic Tool: How the Threat of Gold Purchases Worked as Leverage in International Monetary Relations, 1960â€?68                                                                                                                                    """"8 Market Status/ Status Markets: The London Gold Fixing in the Bretton Woods Era                                                                                       ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Investment banking.
Securities.
Economic history.
Banks and banking.
Macroeconomics.
International economics.
Economic policy.
Investments and Securities.
Economic History.
Banking.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Economics.
Economic Policy.