TY - BOOK ID - 52581528 TI - The cross of gold : money and the Canadian business cycle, 1867-1913 PY - 1988 SN - 0886290805 9786613842008 0773584110 1283529556 9780773584112 PB - Ottawa, Canada : Don Mills, Ont., Canada : Carleton University Press ; Distributed by Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Money KW - Monetary policy KW - Business cycles KW - Economic cycles KW - Economic fluctuations KW - Cycles KW - Monetary management KW - Economic policy KW - Currency boards KW - Money supply KW - Currency KW - Monetary question KW - Money, Primitive KW - Specie KW - Standard of value KW - Exchange KW - Finance KW - Value KW - Banks and banking KW - Coinage KW - Currency question KW - Gold KW - Silver KW - Silver question KW - Wealth KW - History. KW - History KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52581528 AB - An intriguing view of the Canadian economy before WWI, this study fills a gap in the existing literature on the economic history of Canada. Using improved monetary statistics, the author explains how the business cycle worked under the gold standard, and takes an in-depth look at the roles the banks, the government and the public played in relation to Canada's balance of payments and the gold stock. ER -