A History of Money: From Ancient Times to Present Day

✍ Scribed by Glyn Davies

• Publisher: University Of Wales Press
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 741
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

First published in hardback in 1994 and selected by the American Library Association as an Outstanding Academic Book, the revised and updated paperback edition includes the Barings crisis and the report by the Bank of England on Barings Bank; up-to-date information on the state of Japanese banking; changes in the financial scene in the United States; the UK housing market and the problem of negative equity. The paradox of why more coins than ever before are required in an increasingly cashless society is clearly explained, as is the role of the new Euro coin as the lowest common denominator in Europe's controversial single-currency system. The final section provides evidence to suggest that for most of the world's richer countries, the era of persistent inflation may well be at an end. This new edition is updated and takes account of important recent developments such as the independence of the Bank of England, the introduction of Euro notes and coins from January 1 2002, and developments in electronic money.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgement......Page 16
Preface to the third edition......Page 18
1. THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF MONEY AND BARTER ......Page 22
2. FROM PRIMITIVE AND ANCIENT MONEY TO THE INVENTION OF COINAGE, 3000-600 BC......Page 55
3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK AND ROMAN MONEY, 600 BC-AD 400......Page 87
4. THE PENNY AND THE POUND IN MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN MONEY, 410-1485......Page 134
5. THE EXPANSION OF TRADE AND FINANCE, 1485-1640......Page 197
6. THE BIRTH AND EARLY GROWTH OF BRITISH BANKING, 1640-1789......Page 259
7. THE ASCENDANCY OF STERLING, 1789-1914......Page 305
8. BRITISH MONETARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 388
9. AMERICAN MONETARY DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1700......Page 478
10. ASPECTS OF MONETARY DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND JAPAN......Page 570
11. THIRD WORLD MONEY AND DEBT IN THE 20th CENTURY......Page 617
12. GLOBAL MONEY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 663
13. FURTHER TOWARDS A GLOBAL CURRENCY......Page 681
Bibliography......Page 705
Index ......Page 724