附註:Previous edition: 1996.
"Published in co-operation with Julian Hodge Bank Limited."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 684-702) and index.
The nature and origins of money and barter -- From primitive and ancient money to the invention of coinage, 3000-600 BC -- The development of Greek and Roman money, 600 BC-AD 400 -- The penny and the pound in medieval European money, 410-1485 -- The expansion of trade and finance, 1485-1640 -- The birth and early growth of British banking, 1640-1789 -- The ascendancy of sterling, 1789-1914 -- British monetary development in the twentieth century -- American monetary development since 1700 -- Aspects of monetary development in Europe and Japan -- Third world money and debt in the twentieth century -- Global money in historical perspective -- Further towards a global currency.