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

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Lippincott Library HG336.U5 M54 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mihm, Stephen, 1968-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bank notes--Forgeries--United States.
Bank notes.
Banks and banking--United States.
Banks and banking.
Bank notes--Forgeries.
United States.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
Physical Description:
ix, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-427) and index.
ISBN:
9780674026575
0674026578
OCLC:
86109817

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