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A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
Stephen Mihm
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Description for A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
Paperback. Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs - more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Listen to a short interview with Stephen MihmHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Yet confidence in the money supply is a recent phenomenon: prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs--more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Their ... Read more
Listen to a short interview with Stephen MihmHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Yet confidence in the money supply is a recent phenomenon: prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs--more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674032446
SKU
V9780674032446
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About Stephen Mihm
Stephen Mihm is Associate Professor of History at the University of Georgia.
Reviews for A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
A brilliant description of a time in American history that seems at once distant and familiar. - Steve Fraser, The Nation This is a fun book... Mihm's creative account of the early American economy shines, spotlighting the on-the-edge inventiveness, and over-the-edge cons, that have made the United States so rich in risk, reward and redemption. - Stephen ... Read more