Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 260 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9780190603540
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
From the early eighteenth century into the 1830s, Great Britain was the only major country in the world to adopt gold as the sole basis of its currency, in the process absorbing much of the world's supply of that metal into its pockets, cupboards, and coffers. During the same period, Britons forged a nation by distilling a heady brew of Protestantism, commerce, and military might, while preserving important features of its older social hierarchy. 'All That Glittered' argues for a close connection between these occurrences, by linking justifications for gold's role in British society-starting in the 1750s and running through the mid-nineteenth century gold rushes in California and Australia-to contemporary descriptions of that metal's varied values at home and abroad.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190603519
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Alborn, Timothy, 1964 - All that glittered New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780190603519
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
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Gold
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Finanzwirtschaft
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Geschichte 1750-1850
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190603519.001.0001
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