The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873 by Marc Flandreau

The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873



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The Glitter of Gold: France, Bimetallism, and the Emergence of the International Gold Standard, 1848-1873 Marc Flandreau
Language: English
Page: 343
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0199257868, 9780191531552
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Review

`Review from previous edition France's crucial role in the world's conversion from bimetallism to the gold standard in the third quarter of the nineteenth century - assisted by gold discoversies in California and Australia - is brilliantly set forth in Marc Flandreau's The Glitter of Gold.' Charles Kindleberger

`Flandreau has presented a carefully documented view of how bimetallism operated in the mid-nineteenth century, and this book is a must reading for anyone interested in French monetary history or the operation of commodity money systems.' Journal of Economic History

`Anyone interested in the working of bimetallism is advised to consult this study. A problem might be that it is only available in French; but maybe that could be changed?' Kyklos, International Review for Social Sciences

About the Author


Marc Flandreau is Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris. A renowned expert in the history of the international monetary system and international finance, he has published extensively. His work has appeared in the Journal of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, the European Economic Review, the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.