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Author : William Graham Sumner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A History of American Currency written by William Graham Sumner and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610164350
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)
Download or read book History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II, A written by Murray Newton Rothbard and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 2002 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sumner Sumner
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610160746
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)
Download or read book A History of American Currency written by Sumner Sumner and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Weatherford
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307556743
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The History of Money written by Jack Weatherford and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read!”—Charles R. Schwab Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money, from primitive man’s cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange. The History of Money explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our lives—economic, political, and personal. “A fascinating book about the force that makes the world go round—the dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, pa’angas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.”—Los Angeles Times
Author : Jonathan Barth
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150175579X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Currency of Empire written by Jonathan Barth and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas. The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues, directed the plan for colonization, the regulation of colonial commerce, and the politics of empire. The imperial project required an orderly flow of gold and silver, and thus England's colonial regime required stringent monetary regulation. As Barth shows, money was also a flash point for resistance; many colonists acutely resented their subordinate economic station, desiring for their local economies a robust, secure, and uniform money supply. This placed them immediately at odds with the mercantilist laws of the empire and precipitated an imperial crisis in the 1670s, a full century before the Declaration of Independence. The Currency of Empire examines what were a series of explosive political conflicts in the seventeenth century and demonstrates how the struggle over monetary policy prefigured the patriot reaction to the Stamp Act and so-called Intolerable Acts on the eve of American independence. Thanks to generous funding from the Arizona State University and George Mason University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other Open Access repositories.
Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019751765X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book When Money Talks written by Frank L. Holt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--
Author : Glyn Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783162767
Total Pages : 1069 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book History of Money written by Glyn Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day. It includes the Barings crisis and the report by the Bank of England on Barings Bank; information on the state of Japanese banking; and, the changes in the financial scene in the US.
Author : Michael O'Malley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226629392
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Face Value written by Michael O'Malley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural historian and author of Keep Watching analyses American ideas about race, money, identity, and their surprising connections through history. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and of money. Is it a symbol of the value of human work and creativity, or a symbol of some natural, intrinsic value? In Face Value, Michael O’Malley provides a penetrating historical analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence intertwines with race. Like race, money is bound up in questions of identity and worth, each a kind of shorthand for the different values of two similar things. O’Malley illuminates how these two socially constructed hierarchies are deeply rooted in American anxieties about authenticity and difference. In this compelling work of cultural history, O’Malley interprets a wide array of historical sources to evaluate competing ideas about monetary value and social distinctions. More than just a history, Face Value offers a new way of thinking about the present culture of coded racism, gold fetishism, and economic uncertainty. “This is a ‘big idea’ book that no one but Michael O’Malley could even have thought of—much less pulled off with such nuance and clarity.”—Scott A. Sandage, author of Born Losers
Author : Milton Friedman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140082933X
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 written by Milton Friedman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Magisterial. . . . The direct and indirect influence of the Monetary History would be difficult to overstate.”—Ben S. Bernanke, Nobel Prize–winning economist and former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve From Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman and his celebrated colleague Anna Jacobson Schwartz, one of the most important economics books of the twentieth century—the landmark work that rewrote the story of the Great Depression and the understanding of monetary policy Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz’s A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 is one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, it marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to argue that monetary policy—steady control of the money supply—matters profoundly in the management of the nation’s economy, especially in navigating serious economic fluctuations. One of the book’s most important chapters, “The Great Contraction, 1929–33” addressed the central economic event of the twentieth century, the Great Depression. Friedman and Schwartz argued that the Federal Reserve could have stemmed the severity of the Depression, but failed to exercise its role of managing the monetary system and countering banking panics. The book served as a clarion call to the monetarist school of thought by emphasizing the importance of the money supply in the functioning of the economy—an idea that has come to shape the actions of central banks worldwide.
Author : Marc Shell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780252033667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (336 download)
Download or read book Wampum and the Origins of American Money written by Marc Shell and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wampum has become a synonym for money, and it is widely assumed that it served the same purposes as money among the Native Algonquians even after coming into contact with European colonists' money. But to equate wampum with money only matches one slippery term with another, as money itself was quite ill-defined in North America for decades during its colonization. In this stimulating and intriguing book, Marc Shell illuminates the context in which wampum was used by describing how money circulated in the colonial period and the early history of the United States. Wampum itself, generally tubular beads made from clam or conch shells, was hardly a primitive version of a coin or dollar bill, as it represented to both Native Americans and colonial Europeans a unique medium through which language, art, culture, and even conflict were negotiated. With irrepressible wit and erudition, Shell interweaves wampum's multiform functions and reveals wampum's undeniable influence on the cultural, political, and economic foundations of North America. Published in Association with the American Numismatic Society, New York, New York."
Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440654026
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Ascent of Money written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post "Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.
Author : R. Christopher Whalen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470875143
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Inflated written by R. Christopher Whalen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, reflecting the puritan roots of the earliest European settlers. Yet as a community, we also seem to believe that we are entitled to a lifestyle that is well-beyond our current income, a tendency that goes back to the earliest days of the United States and particularly to get rich quick experiences ranging from the Gold Rush of the 1840s to the real estate bubble of the early 21st Century. Inflated examines this apparent conflict and makes the argument that such a world view is so ingrained in us that to expect the United States to live in a "deflated" world is simply unrealistic. It skillfully seeks to tell the story of, money inflation and public debt as enduring (and perhaps endearing) features of American life, rather than something we can one day overcome as our policy makers constantly promise. Features interviews with today's top financial industry leaders and insiders. Offer a glimpse into the future of the Federal Reserve and the role it will play in the coming years Examines what the future may hold for the value of the U.S. dollar and the real incomes of future generations of Americans The gradual result of the situation we find ourselves in will inevitably lead to inflation, loss of economic opportunity, and a decline in the value of the dollar. This book will show you why, and reveal how we might be able to deal with it.
Author : Craig K. Elwell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143798889X
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Brief History of the Gold Standard (GS) in the United States written by Craig K. Elwell and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. monetary system is based on paper money backed by the full faith and credit of the fed. gov't. The currency is neither valued in, backed by, nor officially convertible into gold or silver. Through much of its history, however, the U.S. was on a metallic standard of one sort or another. On occasion, there are calls to return to such a system. Such calls are usually accompanied by claims that gold or silver backing has provided considerable economic benefits in the past. This report reviews the history of the GS in the U.S. It clarifies the dates during which the GS was used, the type of GS in operation at the various times, and the statutory changes used to alter the GS and eventually end it. It is not a discussion of the merits of the GS. A print on demand oub.
Author : David Orrell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231541678
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Money written by David Orrell and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sharing economy's unique customer-to-company exchange is possible because of the way in which money has evolved. These transactions have not always been as fluid as they are today, and they are likely to become even more fluid. It is therefore critical that we learn to appreciate money's elastic nature as deeply as do Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, and other innovators, and that we understand money's transition from hard currencies to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin if we are to access their cooperative potential. The Evolution of Money illuminates this fascinating reality, focusing on the tension between currency's real and abstract properties and advancing a vital theory of money rooted in this dual exchange. It begins with the debt tablets of Mesopotamia and follows with the development of coin money in ancient Greece and Rome, gold-backed currencies in medieval Europe, and monetary economics in Victorian England. The book ends in the digital era, with the cryptocurrencies and service providers that are making the most of money's virtual side and that suggest a tectonic shift in what we call money. By building this organic time line, The Evolution of Money helps us anticipate money's next, transformative role.
Author : Tim Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974480978
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Let Us Put Our Money Together written by Tim Todd and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generally, books addressing the early history of African American banks have done so either within the larger construct of African American business history and economic development, or as a starting point to explore current issues related to financial services. Focused considerations of these early institutions and their founders have been relatively rare and somewhat scattered. This publication seeks to address this issue.
Author : Frederick Kaufman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1635423155
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (354 download)
Download or read book The Money Plot written by Frederick Kaufman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower and enthrall us. Frederick Kaufman tackles the complex history of money, beginning with the earliest myths and wrapping up with Wall Street’s byzantine present-day doings. Along the way, he exposes a set of allegorical plots, stock characters, and stereotypical metaphors that have long been linked with money and commercial culture, from Melanesian trading rituals to the dogma of Medieval churchmen faced with global commerce, the rationales of Mercantilism and colonial expansion, and the U.S. dollar’s 1971 unpinning from gold. The Money Plot offers a tool to see through the haze of modern banking and finance, demonstrating that the standard reasons given for economic inequality—the Neoliberal gospel of market forces—are, like dollars, euros, and yuan, contingent upon structures people have designed. It shines a light on the one percent’s efforts to contain a money culture that benefits them within boundaries they themselves are increasingly setting. And Kaufman warns that if we cannot recognize what is going on, we run the risk of becoming pawns and shells ourselves, of becoming characters in someone else’s plot, of becoming other people’s money.
Author : Richard Doty
Publisher : Whitman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780794822576
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)
Download or read book America's Money, America's Story written by Richard Doty and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Back Cover: From wampum beads to modern commemoratives: when you learn about the money of the United States of America, you learn the story of how our nation came to be-and catch a glimpse of where it's headed. America's Money, America's Story explores the fascinating evolution of the country's dollars and cents, as told by one of the most respected numismatic scholars in the world. This is a book for the beginning or advanced collector, the full-time coin dealer and the part-time bank cashier. It is a book for everyone who loves the drama, romance, and exciting twists and turns of American history. Dr. Richard Doty traces the path of American money from the pre-European days of beaver pelts to today's world of gold bullion and presidential dollars. Newly updated second edition, now in full color; Over 600 crisp, full-color photographs; A "who's who" of American coins and paper money, as well as mints and moneyers; Chapters on historical events and eras including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the California Gold Rush, America's Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, World War II, and many others. A full bibliography for further research, plus an index with more than 900 entries. Comprehensive, Authoritative. Thorough. Beautifully illustrated. America's money, America's story is as grand as the great nation it portrays.
