British Imperialism and the Making of Colonial Currency Systems

Based on archival research covering more than two centuries and most former British colonies (West Indies, India, Singapore, Malaya, West Africa and East Africa), this book is a revisionist history of the British imperial manipulations of colonial currency systems to facilitate the rise of sterling...

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Main Author: Narsey, Wadan. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137553188

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