John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars

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ISBN: 9780700704286 | 0700704280
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/3/1996

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Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, this work analyses colonial policies against the background of Anglo-American efforts to reconstruct the interwar international financial system and Britain's struggle to restore sterling and the City of London to their former pre-eminence.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Rupee in a Changing World	p. 26
Britain, U.S.A. and the 'Surpluses of the Orient': 1916-18	p. 47
'Gold for the West and Silver for the East': Currency Policy in Postwar India	p. 71
Stabilizing the Floating Rupee: 1921-6	p. 107
Britain, U.S.A. and the Indian Gold Standard Controversy, 1925-7	p. 138
The Depression Years	p. 166
The Politics of Monetary Autonomy and the Imperial Interest In Interwar India	p. 198
Conclusion: India and the Crisis of British Finance	p. 220
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 247
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John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars

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