Joseph Harris

An Essay upon Money and Coins

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1757 work argues that it is vital to the economy that the value of gold in coinage remains constant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 407g
• ISBN-13: 9781108078573
• ISBN-10: 1108078575
• Artikelnr.: 42236112

Autorenporträt

Stories by Joseph Harris have appeared in Midwest Review, Moon City Review, Great Lakes Review, The MacGuffin, Third Wednesday, Storm Cellar, and have received the Gesell, Tompkins, and Detroit Working Writers' Awards for fiction. He holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Wayne State University, and a BFA from Emerson College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Theories of Commerce, Money, and Exchanges: 1. Of the nature and origin of wealth and commerce
2. Of money and coins
3. Of exchanges
Preface
Part II. Wherein is Shewed, that the Established Standard of Money Should Not Be Violated or Altered, under Any Pretence Whatsoever: 1. A summary of adulterations in our standard of money
2. The established standard of money
Postscript.