Money: A History

by Catherine Eagleton, Jonathan Williams, Joe Cribb

Book Overview

The book begins by tracing the growth and development of monetary systems, from the ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt to the establishment of coinage in the Greek and Roman world. The following chapters develop a broader world view, exploring the monetary systems of Europe during the Middle Ages, the Islamic world, India and China. In the final part of the book the focus is on the processes by which money has become a global phenomenon,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714118141
• ISBN13: 9780714118147
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully produced survey.

Written by the coins and medals experts of the British Museum, this handsomely designed work succinctly but comprehensively explores the entire history of money, from its earliest beginnings to the electronic transactions of the 1990's. The book features over 550 beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations, with essays covering ancient and modern coinage in global perspective, and relating the moral, political, religious, and social meanings inevitably associated with so powerful a force. Highly recommended as an excellent introduction to a complex subject, or just for enjoyable and informative browsing. (The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)