A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920/ (Record no. 4863)
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| fixed length control field | 02007nam a2200193Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 4863 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250217s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781844674770 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vilar, Pierre |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6946 |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Pierre Vilar |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Verso; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1984 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 360p; |
| Dimensions | 23x15cm |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Verso World History Series |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | For much of human history, the motive force behind war, conquest, social conflict and world exploration has been the drive to acquire gold. From the ancient world of Croesus to the wealthy dynasties of Renaissance Italy, from the earliest European explorations into Africa, America, and Asia to the gold rushes of the nineteenth century and the banking crises that lay beyond them, Pierre Vilar depicts the awesome power of avarice to structure the world in which we live. The insidious power of gold and money is the subject of this enlightening and entertaining history. The age of exploration brought an influx of treasure into Western Europe, prompting disputes between theologians and early economists over the causes of inflation in the sixteenth century. In time, American silver distorted metropolitan Spanish society beyond recognition. Vilar goes on to examine the roots of the modern banking and financial systems in institutions founded in Holland, England and France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. And in the nineteenth century, the gold rushes of Australia, California and South Africa generated new modifications in the international monetary system. Vilar concludes the story of these developments with a discussion of the crisis of the 1920s that, in the wake of the world credit crash of 2008, is more pertinent than ever. A History of Gold and Money provides a unique work of synthesis on the role of money in modern economic history. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HC10-1085 Social Sciences- Economic history and conditions |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2907 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Money |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6947 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | HC10-1085 223.105 | 4863 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |