| History of Gold Books |
E.
W. Bovill, The Gold Trade of the Moors
Intriguing investigation into the flow of gold from West Africa across the
Sahara Desert to Europe during the last one thousand years.
1958, Oxford University Press.
J. K. Galbraith, Money – Whence it Came, Where it Went
Eloquent account of the evolution of money by a great economist.
Andre Deutsch, London, 1975, ISBN 0-233-96725-7
André Grabar, Byzantium: From the Fall of Theodosius to the
Rise of Islam
Excellent on the use of gold in mosaics in the Byzantine period.
Thames and Hudson, London, 1996.
Web www.thamesandhudson.com
Timothy Green, The Millennium in Gold 1000-1999
Essential guide to prices, production and key events over the last one thousand
years.
1999, Rosendale Press, London. ISBN No.1-872803-42-3
e-mail info@rosendal.demon.co.uk
Earl J. Hamilton, The American Treasure and the Price Revolution in
Spain 1510-1650
Fine historical detective work to track the flows of gold and silver from
the New World to Spain.
1934, Harvard University Press.
John Hemming, The Search for El Dorado
Beautifully illustrated account of the gold treasures of Central and South
America and the conquistadors' ruthless search for them.
1978, Michael Joseph, London. ISBN No.0-7181-1754-9
Roy Jastram, The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience
1560-1976
A history of prices over the last four centuries, showing the stability of
gold in relation to commodity prices.
1977, John Wiley, New York. ISBN No.0-471-02303-5
Colin McEwan (ed) Pre-Columbian Gold: Technology, Style, Iconography
Useful, technical book
2000 British Museum Press,
London. ISBN 0-7141-2534-2.
Web www.britishmuseum.co.uk
Caroline Moorhead,
The Lost Treasures of Troy
A fascinating biography of the German adventurer-turned-archaeologist, Heinrich
Schliemann, who excavated the sites of Mycenæ and Troy and so helped
transform myth into reality.
1994, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. ISBN 0-297-81500-8.
F.
Lane & R. Mueller, Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice,
Vol.I Coins and Moneys of Account
Remarkable academic study of the gold and silver market and coin minting in
medieval Venice.
1985, John Hopkins University Press. ISBN No.0-8018-3157-1.
Hans Wolfgang Müller & Eberhard Thiem, The Royal Gold of Ancient
Egypt
Stunning pictures of great gold treasures, plus story of the gold mines.
Original German language edition, Battenberg Verlag, Augsburg, 1998.
1999, I.B.Tauris, London
& New York. ISBN 1-86064-527-5.
Web www.ibtauris.com
Ming-Hsun
Li, The Great Recoinage
How an accidental over-valuation of gold at this recoinage set Britain on
course for a gold, instead of silver, currency, which led to the gold standard.
1963, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London.
R. Mueller,
Money and Banking in Medieval Renaissance Venice, Vol.II, The Venetian Money
Market 1200-1500
Completing the inside story of Venice's role as a banking and money centre.
1997, John Hopkins University Press. ISBN No.0-8018-5437-7
C. H. V. Sutherland,
Gold: Its Beauty, Power and Allure
Broad portrait of the appeal of gold over the last 5000 years.
1959, Thames and Hudson, London.
The Times,
Gold
Forty-three articles on every aspect of the gold business, from mining, to
markets, to transport, to monetary role, provide a unique insight into the
gold business in the 1930s.
1993, The Times, London. (Reprint of the special number of The Times, Tuesday,
20 June 1933)
Lawrence H. White
(ed.) The History of Gold and Silver, 3 vols
Somewhat misleading title, as these three volumes focus mainly on the debates
surrounding the Gold, Silver and Bimetal Standards and their influence on
economic thinking. Professor White has brought together such diverse papers
as Nicholas Oresme's De Moneta (c. 1355), John Locke on raising the value
of money (1696), Walter Bagehot on the effects of the gold discoveries of
the mid-19th century (1863) and Francis Walker on International Bimetallism
(1896). A gold mine of economic views on the role of gold.
1999, Pickering & Chatto, London. ISBN No.1 85196 517 3. Price for 3-volume
set £295/US$480
North or South America,
e-mail info@ashgate.com
Rest of the world, e-mail turpin@rsc.org
D. Williams &
J. Ogden, Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World
Wonderful illustrated book based on the Greek classical gold jewellery exhibition
shown in London, New York and St Petersburg. A real eye-opener to the beauty
of Greek jewellery.
1994, British Museum Press, London. ISBN No.0-7141-2202-5 (hardback), 0-7141-2205
(paperback)
Web www.britishmuseum.co.uk