G. Balachandran

John Bullion's Empire

Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Study of the impact of Britain's economic and financial crises on currency and monetary policy-making in India between the wars, analysing colonial policies during Anglo-US efforts to reconstruct the international financial system and Britain's struggle to restore the pre-eminence of sterling and the City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780700704286
• ISBN-10: 0700704280
• Artikelnr.: 21916390

Autorenporträt

G. Balachandran

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Rupee in a Changing World
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 'Gold for the West and Silver for the East'
Chapter 5 Stabilizing the Floating Rupee: 1921-6
Chapter 6 Britain, U.S.A., and the Indian Gold Standard Controversy, 1925-7
Chapter 7 The Depression Years
Chapter 8 The Politics of Monetary Autonomy and the Imperial Interest in Interwar India
Chapter 9 Conclusion