Sterling: The History of a Currency - Couverture souple

Mayhew, Nicholas

 
9780140276329: Sterling: The History of a Currency

Synopsis

As the pound increasingly seems to be nearing the end of its 1000-year life, STERLING serves as a timely and very readable biography. A history, biography and basic economic primer all in one, STERLING details the pound's modest medieval infancy, its world dominance in middle age and possible eclipse by the Euro as it approaches its millennium. The pound has created and destroyed fortunes, impoverished or enriched whole sections of society and made or unmade monarchs and governments. Beautifully illustrated by an eight page colour plate section, STERLING provides a fascinating background to the currently raging currency debate.

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À propos de l?auteur

NICHOLAS MAYHEW is curator of the Hebden Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum. A fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford, he is one of the world's leading medieval numismatists. STERLING is his first book.

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9780713992588: Sterling: The Rise And Fall of a Currency

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0713992581 ISBN 13 :  9780713992588
Editeur : Allen Lane, 1999
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