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Klappentext Britain's abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931 raised new economic policy problems both for Britain and for the countries of the Empire. Zusammenfassung Britain's abandonment of the Gold Standard in 1931 raised new economic policy problems both for Britain and for the countries of the Empire! who had to decide whether to follow sterling off gold and! if so! whether to peg their currencies to sterling. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the sterling area in the 1930s; 2. Sterling and the rupee; 3. The Canadian debate over money and exchanges, 1930-1934; 4. South Africa, sterling, and the gold standard, 1931 and thereafter; 5. Australia and New Zealand, 1930-1939; 6. Monetary preparations for the World Economic Conference; 7. United Kingdom policy at the World Monetary and Economic Conference; 8. Talking about exchange stabilization, autumn 1933 through June 1936; 9. The Tripartite Agreement of 1936; 10. Intergovernmental conversations and the management of sterling, 1936-1939; 11. Conclusion: the significance of sterling.
