John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars

ISBN-13: 9780700704286 / Twarda / 1996 / 264 str.

G. Balachandran

Opis

Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, this work analyses colonial policies against the background of Anglo-American efforts to reconstruct the interwar international financial system and Britain's struggle to restore sterling and the City of London to their former pre-eminence.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Rupee in a Changing World; Chapter 3; Chapter 4 ‘Gold for the West and Silver for the East’; Chapter 5 Stabilizing the Floating Rupee: 1921–6; Chapter 6 Britain, U.S.A., and the Indian Gold Standard Controversy, 1925–7; Chapter 7 The Depression Years; Chapter 8 The Politics of Monetary Autonomy and the Imperial Interest in Interwar India; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

O autorze

G. Balachandran