A Nation of counterfeiters : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / Stephen Mihm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.Description: ix, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674026575 (alk. paper)
  • 0674026578 (alk. paper)
Local Notes: Gift of the publisher. LCP fellow.Subject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue : Confidence and the currency -- Bordering on alchemy -- Cogniac street capitalism -- The bank wars -- The western bankers -- Passing and detecting -- Ghosts in the machine -- Banking on the nation -- Epilogue : Confidence in the country.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-427) and index.

Prologue : Confidence and the currency -- Bordering on alchemy -- Cogniac street capitalism -- The bank wars -- The western bankers -- Passing and detecting -- Ghosts in the machine -- Banking on the nation -- Epilogue : Confidence in the country.

Gift of the publisher. LCP fellow.

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