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A nation of counterfeiters [[electronic resource] ] : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm
| A nation of counterfeiters [[electronic resource] ] : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm |
| Autore | Mihm Stephen <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-674-04101-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455395903321 |
Mihm Stephen <1968->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A nation of counterfeiters [[electronic resource] ] : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm
| A nation of counterfeiters [[electronic resource] ] : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm |
| Autore | Mihm Stephen <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
| ISBN | 0-674-04101-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778014903321 |
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Mihm Stephen <1968->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A nation of counterfeiters : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm
| A nation of counterfeiters : capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States / / Stephen Mihm |
| Autore | Mihm Stephen <1968-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
| ISBN | 0-674-04101-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812738803321 |
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Mihm Stephen <1968->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes [[electronic resource] ] : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
| A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes [[electronic resource] ] : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 676/.2826 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bank notes - Forgeries - United States
Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-09348-3
9786611093488 0-309-10579-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Motivation for the Study""; ""2 Understanding Counterfeiting""; ""3 Emerging Counterfeiting Technology Threats""; ""4 Innovative Counterfeit-Deterrent Features""; ""5 Disruptive Feature Platforms""; ""6 A Path Forward""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Statement of Task and Organization of the Report""; ""B Features of Current U.S. Banknotes""; ""C Intermediate-Term Feature Descriptions""; ""D Long-Term Feature and Feature Platform Descriptions""
""E An Example Using a Flow Model for Counterfeiting""""F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451931103321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes [[electronic resource] ] : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
| A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes [[electronic resource] ] : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 676/.2826 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bank notes - Forgeries - United States
Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States - Prevention |
| ISBN |
0-309-18564-5
1-281-09348-3 9786611093488 0-309-10579-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Motivation for the Study""; ""2 Understanding Counterfeiting""; ""3 Emerging Counterfeiting Technology Threats""; ""4 Innovative Counterfeit-Deterrent Features""; ""5 Disruptive Feature Platforms""; ""6 A Path Forward""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Statement of Task and Organization of the Report""; ""B Features of Current U.S. Banknotes""; ""C Intermediate-Term Feature Descriptions""; ""D Long-Term Feature and Feature Platform Descriptions""
""E An Example Using a Flow Model for Counterfeiting""""F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778375703321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
| A path to the next generation of U.S. banknotes : keeping them real / / Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 676/.2826 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bank notes - Forgeries - United States
Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States Counterfeits and counterfeiting - United States - Prevention |
| ISBN |
0-309-18564-5
1-281-09348-3 9786611093488 0-309-10579-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Motivation for the Study""; ""2 Understanding Counterfeiting""; ""3 Emerging Counterfeiting Technology Threats""; ""4 Innovative Counterfeit-Deterrent Features""; ""5 Disruptive Feature Platforms""; ""6 A Path Forward""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Statement of Task and Organization of the Report""; ""B Features of Current U.S. Banknotes""; ""C Intermediate-Term Feature Descriptions""; ""D Long-Term Feature and Feature Platform Descriptions""
""E An Example Using a Flow Model for Counterfeiting""""F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818586503321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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