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1. The Political and Monetary Situation in Europe in 1865 1.1. The Political Situation in Europe in the mid-1860s 1.2. Unification of the Tools for Economic Growth 1.3. European Monetary Systems before the Latin Monetary Union 2. The Formation of the Latin Monetary Union and the International Monetary Conference of 1867 2.1. The origins of the Latin Monetary Union, from an Answer to Gold Invasion to a Model for International Gold Coinage 2.2. Interpretation of the Nature of the Latin Monetary Union 2.3. The Plan of the French Government for European Monetary Unification and the Contribution of Parieu 2.4. The 1867 Paris International Monetary Conference and the Identification of Unification with the Gold Standard 3. Economics of Monetary Unification 3.1. The Debate over the Opportunity of Monetary Unification 3.2. The Interaction between International Money and the Battle of the Standards 3.3. How far into a Monetary Union? 3.4. Gainers and Losers from Monetary Unification 4. Managing a Difficult Union: France and the LMU 4.1. The Development of the Latin Monetary Union 4.2. The French Internal Dilemma: Conflicting Groups Paralysing Policy 5. Enthusiasm and Resistance to Union in Britain and Germany 5.1. United Kingdom: the Pound Debased to Adapt to the Franc? 5.2. The German Influence Epilogue Postscript Appendix: The Effect of Monetary Unification and the Metallic Standards on Exchange Rate Fluctuation Maps Bibliography Glossary Biographical Notices Index of Names Index of Subjects