History of Gold and Silver

Lawrence H White is at the University of Georgia, USA. He is editor of The Theory of Monetary Institutions (2000)

'The volumes are more attractive and easier to read than many similar collections. It is a very worthwhile addition for libraries where people have an interest in the history of monetary economics.' The Economic Journal '[This edition] deserves a place in any serious departmental library and on the bookshelves of many a personal study too.' European Journal of History of Economic Thought 'White has assembled in three volumes a collection of classic writings on metallic money that is impressive in its range over time and topics.' Journal of the History of Economic Thought

• Volume 1 Nicholas Oresme, De Moneta (Of Currency) (c. 1355) translated by Charles Johnson (1956); Bernardo Davanzati, A Discourse Upon Coins (1588) translated by John Toland (1696); Gerard Malynes, Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria; or, The Ancient Law-Merchant (1656); W Fleetwood, A Sermon against Clipping (1694); John Locke, Some Considerations of the Consequences of Lowering the Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1696), two excerpts; Richard Temple, Some Short Remarks upon Mr. Locke's Book (1696); Charles Jenkinson (Lord Liverpool), A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm (1805); Nassau Senior, Transmission of the Precious Metals from Country to Country (1828) Volume 2 James Mill, Elements of Political Economy, 3rd edition (1844); Nassau Senior, Three Lectures on the Value of Money (1840); John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, 5th edition (1893); Michel Chevalier, Remarks on the Production of the Precious Metals and on the Depreciation of Gold, translated by D Forbes Campbell (1853); John Cairnes, The Course of Depreciation (1858); John Cairnes, International Results (1860); William Stanley Jevons, A Serious Fall in the Value of Gold Ascertained, and its Social Effects Set Forth (1863); Walter Bagehot, The Effect of the Gold Discoveries, More Especially Upon Men of Business (1863); Walter Bagehot, The Depreciation of Gold Since 1848 (1872-3) Volume 3 William Stanley Jevons, On the International Monetary Convention and the Introduction of an International Currency into this Kingdom (1868); Robert Giffen, The General Case Against Bimetallism (1879); Robert Giffen, On Some Bimetallic Fallacies (1886); Henry Dunning MacLeod, Bimetallism (1894); William Hope Harvey and J Laurence Laughlin, The Harvey-Laughlin Debate (1895); Francis A Walker, International Bimetallism (1896); J Laurence Laughlin, The History of Bimetallism in the United States, 4th edn. (1897); Bonamy Price, The Principles of Currency, 'The Money Market and Gold' (1869); Edward Atkinson, The Banking Principle (1895)