All That Glittered: Britain’s Most Precious Metal from Adam Smith to the Gold Rush Timothy L Alborn

All That Glittered: Britain’s Most Precious Metal from Adam Smith to the Gold Rush Timothy L Alborn – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190603533,0190603534

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• ISBN 10: 0190603534
• ISBN 13: 9780190603533
• Author: Timothy L Alborn

During the century after 1750, Great Britain absorbed much of the world’s supply of gold into its pockets, cupboards, and coffers when it became the only major country to adopt the gold standard as the sole basis of its currency. Over the same period, the nation’s emergence was marked by a powerful combination of Protestantism, commerce, and military might, alongside preservation of its older social hierarchy.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Domestication
Chapter 2: Value
Chapter 3: War
Chapter 4: Trade
Chapter 5: Coinages
Chapter 6: Distinction
Chapter 7: Display
Chapter 8: Devotion
Chapter 9: Graven Images
Chapter 10: Before the Gold Rush

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