A wide ranging work that brings together the intellectual, cultural, political and economic history of gold in modern British history and its interaction with the world.
A wide ranging work that brings together the intellectual, cultural, political and economic history of gold in modern British history and its interaction with the world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Timothy Alborn is Professor of History at Lehman College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of Conceiving Companies: Joint-Stock Politics in Victorian England and Regulated Lives: Life Insurance and British Society, 1800-1914.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Domestication Chapter 2: Value Chapter 3: War Chapter 4: Trade Chapter 5: Coinages Chapter 6: Distinction Chapter 7: Display Chapter 8: Devotion Chapter 9: Graven Images Chapter 10: Before the Gold Rush Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index
