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

Author
Mihm, Stephen, 1968- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Description
ix, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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        Subject(s)
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-427) and index.
        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 : Condfidence in the country.
        ISBN
        • 9780674026575 (alk. paper)
        • 0674026578 (alk. paper)
        LCCN
        2007009741
        OCLC
        86109817
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