British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Narsey, Wadan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
• Θέματα: Finance.; Finance > History.; Africa > History.; Asia > History.; Great Britain > History.; Imperialism.; Financial History.; African History.; Asian History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Imperialism and Colonialism.

Based on archival research covering more than two centuries and most former British colonies (West Indies, India, Singapore, Malaya, West Africa and East Africa), this book is a revisionist history of the British imperial manipulations of colonial currency systems to facilitate the rise of sterling...