A nation of counterfeiters [[electronic resource] ] : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm

• Autore: Mihm Stephen <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 p. ) : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 332.1097309034
• Soggetto topico: Bank notes - Forgeries - United States; Banks and banking - United States; Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-427) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Prologue: Confidence and the Currency -- 1. Bordering on Alchemy -- 2. Cogniac Street Capitalism -- 3. The Bank Wars -- 4. The Western Bankers -- 5. Passing and Detecting -- 6. Ghosts in the Machine -- 7. Banking on the Nation -- Epilogue: Confidence in the Country -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- A NOTE ON SOURCES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Their success, Mihm reveals, is more than an entertaining tale of criminal enterprise: it is the story of the rise of a country defined by freewheeling capitalism and little government control. Mihm shows how eventually the older monetary system was dismantled, along with the counterfeit economy it sustained.
• Titolo autorizzato: A nation of counterfeiters
• ISBN: 0-674-04101-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778014903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II