A History of Money: From AD 800

by John F. Chown, Forrest Capie (Foreword)

This book presents a detailed and surprising history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It also summarizes twentieth century developments and places them in their historical context.

Genres: History, Economics

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 30, 1994

Reviews

[Fred Kohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is more valuable for academics than a casual reader such as myself, I think. I found it rather dry in places, though not as bad as Chown's other book History of Monetary Unions. My main purpose in reading it was in preparation to read A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1: 1913-1951. I tried to read this book earlier, but the first chapter about monetary theory of the 18th and 19th centuries had me totally lost. Now I feel prepared to tackle it again.