Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775: A Handbook

The handbook explains how money and exchange functioned as elements of the American economy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; it also provides sufficient technical and statistical information to allow the reader to convert a sum recorded in one currency into its equivalent in another. McCusker combines this with a compilation of exhaustive tables that give the commercial rate of exchange between London and the major cities of Europe and the British colonies.

Author: John J. McCusker
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C
Published: 02/24/1992
Pages: 382
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 7.14h x 9.92w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780807843673

About the Author
McCusker, John J.: - John J. McCusker, currently the Halsell Distinguished Professor of American History and Professor of Economics at Trinity University, is the author of several books, including Rum and the American Revolution and How Much Is That In Real Money?, and coauthor of The Economy of British America, 1607-1789.