From the franc to the 'Europe': The attempted transformation of the Latin Monetary Union into a European Monetary Union, 1865-1873

Economic History Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 284-308

  Einaudi, Luca L ^a,b  

^a Presidenza del Cons dei Ministri   (Italy)

^b Centre for Financial History   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MONETARY UNION; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

FRANCE;

EID: 0034076891     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00161     Document Type: Article

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