John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India Between the Wars

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
	India and British \'Internationalism\' Between the Wars
	Interests, Ideas, and Economic Policy
	Interests and Ideas in Indian Monetary Affairs
	The Interwar India Office and the City of London
	Plan of the Book
2 The Rupee in a Changing World
	The Indian Currency System
	The Gold Exchange Standard
	The Role of Gold
	Gold for India: Changing British Perceptions
3 Britain, U.S.A. and the \'Surpluses of the Orient\': 1916－18
	British External Finance in the War
	Britain, the U.S.A., and Indian Gold Imports during the War
	Indian Trade in the War
	The Convertibility Crisis
	The Pittman Silver Agreement
	Summary and Conclusion
4 \'Gold for the West and Silver for the East\': Currency Policy in Postwar India
	Indian Currency Dilemmas after the War
	The Babbington-Smith Committee
	The Triangular Context Revisited
	Treasury Response to the Report
	The Overflowing Sink
	Summary and Conclusion
5 Stabilizing the Floating Rupee: 1921－6
	The External Environment
	The Managed Float Regime in India
	Currency Commission and Stabilization
	Conclusion
6 Britain, U.S.A., and the Indian Gold Standard Controversy, 1925－7
	The Making of a Commission
	The Gold Standard Controversy
	The Politics of Silver, 1927－35
	Gold-Bullion Standard － Myth and Reality
7 The Depression Years
	\'Gold Shortage\' and the Sterling Crisis
	The Depression and India\'s External Sector
	The Policy Response and Constraints
	Gold Exports and Sterling Policy
	Gold Exports and the Indian Economy
	A Gold Glut?
	Conclusion
8 The Politics of Monetary Autonomy and the Imperial Interest in Interwar India
	The Early Impetus for Central Banking
	The Reserve Bank Controversy of 1927－8
	The Reserve Bank and Political Reform
	\'Monetary Autonomy\': A Summing Up
9 Conclusion: India and the Crisis of British Finance
Bibliography
Index