All That Glittered: Britain's Most Precious Metal from Adam Smith to the Gold Rush

ISBN-13: 9780190603519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 276 str.

Timothy Alborn

Recenzje

A polished exploration of the debates over gold in the long eighteenth century, this book succeeds in transforming gold from a technical instrument of the fiscal-military state to a conducting medium for many of the sacred cows of British national identity. It is a dazzling example of the kind of explorations and analysis of the complexities of cultural value and exchange now possible through searchable historical corpora. Alborn's All That Glittered is a treasure trove of contemporary references and an unalloyed pleasure.

O autorze

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.