Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

Ridgeway's work was among the first to suggest that standards of weight and currency arise unconsciously and spontaneously from the everyday usages of primitive peoples; and that peoples employ for the purpose whatever furnishes near at hand; and that resemblances are due largely to the similarity of situation and need. Mr. Ridgeway will deserve the deserved repute of having been the pioneer in a new and fertile field of research---from review article in Political Science Quarterly, March 1894.Ridgeway, William is the author of 'Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781578985975 and ISBN 1578985978.