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British monetary experiments, 1650-1710.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horsefield, J. Keith (John Keith), 1901-1997
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1960.
Subjects:
Currency question > Great Britain.
Currency question > Great Britain > History.
Question monétaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Currency question.
Great Britain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The Financial Background
  • The Course of Prices, 1650-1710
  • The Supply of Purchasing-Power, 1693-1698
  • Part II: Silver
  • Devaluation v. Restoration: A Preliminary Analysis
  • The Recoinage Controversy Begins
  • The Controversy at its Height: 1695
  • Aftermath: 1696-1710
  • Part III: Gold
  • Guineas: The Problems and their Setting
  • Contemporary Discussions of the Guinea
  • Part IV: Paper Money
  • Paper Credit
  • A Preliminary Survey
  • Lumbard Banks
  • The Exploitation of Government Credit
  • The Bank of England
  • Other Projects for Commercial Banks
  • Land Banks: (1) Dr. Hugh Chamberlen, (2) John Briscoe, (3) John Asgill, Nicholas Barbon, and the 'Government' Land-Bank, (4) Other Land-Bank Projects
  • Part V: Some Conclusions
  • Silver, Gold and International Trade
  • Banking, Paper Money and Inflation
  • Capital, Currency and Credit.