Section 1: Early colonial transitions: commodity, international and colonial currencies -- 1. “Here there is no gold standard. Cows are the standard”. Currencies, wealth accumulation and the monetary transition in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (1896-1936); Domenico Cristofaro --...

This book uses money as a lens through which to analyze the social and economic impact of colonialism on African societies and institutions. It is the first book to address the monetary history of the colonial period in a comprehensive way, covering several areas of the continent and different...

The rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been understood as one chapter in a larger story about the postwar growth of the United States. This book challenges this popular narrative. Revealing the Anglo-American origins of financial globalization, Jeremy...