A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920 by Pierre Vilar

A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920

Verso World History

Pierre Vilar with Judith White (Translator)

360 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science challenging informative medium-paced
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For much of human history, the motive force behind war, conquest, social conflict and world exploration has been the drive to acquire gold. From the ancient world of Croesus to the wealthy dynasties of Renaissance Italy, from the earliest European...

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