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The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System from the late 19th Century to the Present

Actors, Networks, Power

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  • © 2013

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  1. Sandra Bott

    1. University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction of this precious metal to its consumption.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Towards a Global History of Gold

    • Sandra Bott
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System

    • Catherine R. Schenk
    Pages 17-38

  4. Gold in Latin America: What the Gold Standard Meant in Brazil and Mexico at the Beginning of the 20th Century

    • Steven Topik
    Pages 39-63

  5. The Bank of England as the World Gold Market Maker during the Classical Gold Standard Era, 1889–1910

    • Stefano Ugolini
    Pages 64-87

  6. Gold Refining in London: The End of the Rainbow, 1919–22

    • Michele Blagg
    Pages 88-108

  7. South African Gold at the Heart of the Competition between the Zurich and London Gold Markets at a Time of Global Regulation, 1945–68

    • Sandra Bott
    Pages 109-138

  8. The Hong Kong Gold Market during the 1960s: Local and Global Effects

    • Catherine R. Schenk
    Pages 139-158

  9. Gold as a Diplomatic Tool: How the Threat of Gold Purchases Worked as Leverage in International Monetary Relations, 1960–68

    • Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl
    Pages 159-180

  10. Market Status/Status Markets: The London Gold Fixing in the Bretton Woods Era

    • Rachel Harvey
    Pages 181-198

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-205
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    Sandra Bott

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Catherine R. Schenk, University of Glasgow, UK Steven Topik, University of California, Irvine, USA Stefano Ugolini, Sciences Po Toulouse, France Michele Blagg, Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London, UK Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Rachel Harvey, Columbia University, USA

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