1 Introduction — nation-states and money: historical contexts, interdisciplinary perspectives EMILY GILBERT AND ERIC HELLEINER 1 PART I Nations, states and currencies in historical perspective 21 2 Forging a national currency: money, state-building and nation-making in Canada EMILY GILBERT 23 3 ′The Scotch hate gold′: British identity and paper money MATTHEW ROWLINSON 45 4 Local currencies in pre-industrial Japan MAKOTO MARUYAMA 67 5 Official standardisation vs. social differentiation in Americans′ uses of money VIVIANA ZELIZER 81 6 A distant view: imagery and imagination in the paper currency of the British Empire, 1800–1960 VIRGINIA HEWITT 97 PART II Challenges to national currencies in the contemporary age 117 7 The new geography of money BENJAMIN COHEN 121 8 Denationalising money?: economic liberalism and the ′national question′ in currency affairs ERIC HELLEINER 9 Moral geographies of money NIGEL THRIFT AND ANDREW LEYSHON 159 10 Globalisation of money?: national sovereignty and the management of risk NIGEL DODD 181 11 The logic of giving up national currencies: lessons from Europe′s monetary union AMY VERDUN 198 12 Conclusion—the future of national currencies? ERIC HELLEINER
