Bills of union: money, empire and ambitions in the mid-eighteenth century British Atlantic
<p>Analyses how thinkers on empire drew on monetary thought and banking theory address the financial, political and constitutional challenges of empire in the years before the American Revolution</p> <p>Highlights the overlap between financial and imperial histories and reforms in...
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Palgrave Pivot
2021
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| Summary: | <p>Analyses how thinkers on empire drew on monetary thought and banking theory address the financial, political and constitutional challenges of empire in the years before the American Revolution</p>
<p>Highlights the overlap between financial and imperial histories and reforms in the British Atlantic during the eighteenth century, and summarises key developments and scholarship relating to both strands</p>
<p>Examines the various proposals for an imperial monetary union and paper currency based on the principles of the land banking or ‘specie’ banking. </p> |
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