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

by Aaron Graham

Book Overview

This book brings together for the first time more than half a dozen proposals for an imperial paper currency in the mid-eighteenth century British Atlantic, to show how manage colonial currency and banking in the expanding empire. Existing studies have looked at the successes and failures of schemes in individual colonies. But some had grander ambitions, such as Benjamin Franklin, and offered proposals for 'imperial'...

• 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"