The decline of Sterling: Managing the retreat of an international currency, 1945–1992

The Decline of Sterling: Managing the Retreat of an International Currency, 1945-1992

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-437

  Schenk, Catherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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