Bills of Union: Money, Empire and Ambitions in the Mid-Eighteenth Century British Atlantic

By Aaron Graham

Book Overview

Analyses how thinkers on empire drew on monetary thought and banking theory address the financial, political and constitutional challenges of empire in the years before the American Revolution

Highlights the overlap between financial and imperial histories and reforms in the British Atlantic during the eighteenth century, and summarises key developments and scholarship relating to both strands

Examines the various proposals for an imperial monetary union and paper currency based on the principles of the land banking or 'specie' banking​

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303067679X
• ISBN13: 9783030676797
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"