The making of national money : territorial currencies in historical perspective / Eric Helleiner.

Author/creator Helleiner, Eric, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The initial transformation : from monetary heterogeneity to territorial currencies -- Two structural preconditions : nation-states and industrial technology -- Making markets : transaction costs and monetary reform -- Multiple macroeconomic and fiscal motivations -- National identities and territorial currencies -- Two nineteenth-century challenges : currency unions and free banking -- The coming of age of territorial currencies in the interwar years -- The monetary dimensions of imperialism : colonial currency reforms -- The final wave : post-1945 macroeconomic activism and southern reforms -- The current challenge to territorial currencies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-269) and index.
LCCN 2002009209
ISBN0801440491 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HG221 .H4855 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold