Author: John Theodore KosterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bimetallism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Short Statement, of the Trade in Gold Bullion
Author: John Theodore KosterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bimetallism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Short statement of the trade in gold bullion
Author: John Theodore KosterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social and Economic History, 1750-1850
Author: Judith Blow WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Beauty of Her Age
Author: Jenifer RobertsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445653214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The story of a French ballerina who became richer than the Queen.
The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review
Author: John Henry NewmanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336851184X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1811.
Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
Monthly Review
Author: George Edward GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Author: The Quarterly Review
Author: All That Glittered
Author: Timothy AlbornPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190603526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
During the century after 1750, Great Britain absorbed much of the world's supply of gold into its pockets, cupboards, and coffers when it became the only major country to adopt the gold standard as the sole basis of its currency. Over the same period, the nation's emergence was marked by a powerful combination of Protestantism, commerce, and military might, alongside preservation of its older social hierarchy. In this rich and broad-ranging work, Timothy Alborn argues for a close connection between gold and Britain's national identity. Beginning with Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, which validated Britain's position as an economic powerhouse, and running through the mid-nineteenth century gold rushes in California and Australia, Alborn draws on contemporary descriptions of gold's value to highlight its role in financial, political, and cultural realms. He begins by narrating British interests in gold mining globally to enable the smooth operation of the gold standard. In addition to explaining the metal's function in finance, he explores its uses in war expenditure, foreign trade, religious observance, and ornamentation at home and abroad. Britons criticized foreign cultures for their wasteful and inappropriate uses of gold, even as it became a prominent symbol of status in more traditional features of British society, including its royal family, aristocracy, and military. Although Britain had been ambivalent in its embrace of gold, ultimately it enabled the nation to become the world's most modern economy and to extend its imperial reach around the globe. All That Glittered tells the story of gold as both a marker of value and a valuable commodity, while providing a new window onto Britain's ascendance after the 1750s.