All That Glittered: Britain's Most Precious Metal from Adam Smith to the Gold Rush

by Timothy 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.

In this rich and broad-ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190603518
• ISBN13: 9780190603519
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"