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War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt by Kwasi Kwarteng (Paperback, 2014)

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In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors discovered the New World. The vast quantities of gold and silver would make their country rich, yet the new wealth, which was plunged into multiple wars, would eventually lead to the economic ruin of their empire. Here, historian and politician Kwasi Kwarteng shows that this moment in world history has been echoed many times, from the French Revolution to both World Wars, right up to the present day, when our own financial crisis saw many of our great nations slip into financial trouble. Kwarteng reveals a pattern of war-waging, financial debt and fluctuations between paper money and the gold standard, and creates a compelling study of the powerful relationship that has shaped the world as we know it, that between war and gold.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781408848166
eBay Product ID (ePID)
200371302

Product Key Features

Author
Kwasi Kwarteng
Publication Name
War and Gold: a Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
702g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Kwasi Kwarteng
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom