Author:
James, Harold, 1956-
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Descriptionxiv, 567 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:List of figures -- Foreword / by Mario Draghi and Jaime Caruana -- A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee of governors -- The response to global monetary turbulence -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of Europe -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors -- Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI -- Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors -- Appendix C: Dramatis personae -- Appendix D: Chronology -- Appendix E: Figures -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
