'Bank of England in its international setting, 1918-1972' in R Roberts & D Kynaston (eds), The Bank of England. Money, power and influence, 1694-1994

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Reviews the role and specific activities of the Bank in the developing area of international central banking from 1918 to the end of the Breton Woods system. Has sections: 'Post war perspectives'; 'Co-operation and autonomy'; 'British return to the Gold Standard'; 'The Long Island Club and the Reparations Bank'; 'The crisis of 1931'; 'The Sterling Area and the wider world''; 'Efforts to stabilize international currencies'; 'Paying the price'; 'US postwar loan to Britain'; 'Devaluation'; 'Towards convertibility'; 'Shoring up sterling';