Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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Page 41
... silver coins had been pegged at 15.9884 units of silver to one unit of gold . This coinage ratio reflected the market prices then prevailing ; in 1837 , in other words , the market price of gold was roughly sixteen times that of silver ...
... silver coins had been pegged at 15.9884 units of silver to one unit of gold . This coinage ratio reflected the market prices then prevailing ; in 1837 , in other words , the market price of gold was roughly sixteen times that of silver ...
Page 42
... silver made them conscious of the act's impli- cations . At last aware of having been deprived of an opportunity to secure inflation through coinage of depreciated silver , they then raised a great hue and cry about the sinister motives ...
... silver made them conscious of the act's impli- cations . At last aware of having been deprived of an opportunity to secure inflation through coinage of depreciated silver , they then raised a great hue and cry about the sinister motives ...
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... silver to the nation's currency could not have produced such a result so quickly . Yet with the return of prosperity and with partial remonetization of silver secured , agitation for soft money declined significantly . The movement for ...
... silver to the nation's currency could not have produced such a result so quickly . Yet with the return of prosperity and with partial remonetization of silver secured , agitation for soft money declined significantly . The movement for ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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