| The Floating Pound and the Sterling Area: 1931-1939 Contributor(s): Drummond, Ian M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521068568 ISBN-13: 9780521068567 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Britain's abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931 raised new economic policy problems both for Britain and for the countries of the Empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Finance - General |
| Dewey: 332.456 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Britain's abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931 raised new economic policy problems both for Britain and for the countries of the Empire, who had to decide whether to follow sterling off gold and, if so, whether to peg their currencies to sterling. By exploiting archival material, the author casts fresh light on the debates and financial diplomacy of the period, and provides a fuller understanding of several key issues: the formation of the sterling area, the World Economic Conference of 1933, and American concerns about the price and course of sterling. |