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

Study of the impact of Britain's economic and financial crises on currency and monetary policy-making in India between the wars, analysing colonial policies during Anglo-US efforts to reconstruct the international financial system and Britain's struggle to restore the pre-eminence of sterling and the City.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.Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Rupee in a Changing World; Chapter 3; Chapter 4 Gold for the West and Silver for the East; Chapter 5 Stabilizing the Floating Rupee: 19216; Chapter 6 Britain, U.S.A., and the Indian Gold Standard Controversy, 19257; Chapter 7 The Depression Years; Chapter 8 The Politics of Monetary Autonomy and the Imperial Interest in Interwar India; Chapter 9 Conclusion;US? 1996 G. Balachandran