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BL
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Record Number
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1005259
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b759629
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Uniform Title
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Or du monde.English
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Main Entry
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Flandreau, Marc.
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Title & Author
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The glitter of gold : : France, bimetallism, and the emergence of the international gold standard, 1848-1873 /\ Marc Flandreau ; translated by Owen Leeming ; revised and enlarged by the author.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2004.
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Page. NO
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xix, 319 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0199257868
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: 9780199257867
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Notes
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Translation of: L'or du monde : la France et la stabilité du système monétaire international, 1848-1873.
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.
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Contents
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King bullion : the international monetary regime, 1848-73. Bullion and international monetary relations before 1873 ; A bimetallic puzzle ; Methods and controversies -- The logic of arbitrage. Bimetallism in theory ; Gold-silver points : domestic arbitrages and the bimetallic system ; Bimetallic exchange rates : an exploration ; Coin memories : new estimates of France's specie stock (1840-78) -- Policy and profit : the microeconomics of bimetallism. The rules of the bimetallic game ; Scale and scope : coinage, arbitrage, and bimetallism -- Macroeconomics : bimetallism's success and failure. How did international bimetallism work? : a monetary theory ; The French crime of 1873 : an essay in interpretation.
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Abstract
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"This book studies the so far unexplored operation of the international monetary system that prevailed before the emergence of the international gold standard in 1873. Conventional wisdom has it that the emergence of gold as a global anchor was both an inescapable and a desirable evolution, given the exchange rate stability it provided and Britain's economic predominance." "This study draws on a wealth of archival sources and abundant new statistical evidence (fully detailed in the appendices) to demonstrate that global exchange rate stability always prevailed before the making of the gold standard. This was despite the heterogeneity among national monetary regimes based on gold, silver, or both."--BOOK JACKET.
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Subject
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Bimetallism-- History-- 19th century.
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Bimetallism-- France-- History-- 19th century.
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Currency convertibility-- History-- 19th century.
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Gold standard-- History-- 19th century.
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International finance-- History-- 19th century.
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International liquidity-- History-- 19th century.
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Monetary policy-- France-- History-- 19th century.
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Bimétallisme-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Bimétallisme-- France-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Étalon-or-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Finances internationales-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Liquidités internationales-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Monnaie-- Convertibilité-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Politique monétaire-- France-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Bimetallism.
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Bimétallisme.
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Bimetallismus
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Currency convertibility.
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Gold standard.
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Goldwährung
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International finance.
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International liquidity.
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Internationales Währungssystem
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Monetary policy.
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Système monétaire international-- 19e siècle.
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France.
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Frankreich
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Dewey Classification
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332.423094409034
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LC Classification
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HG407.F5413 2004
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NLM classification
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QM 100rvk
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QM 332rvk
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