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A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States

By Stephen Mihm

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674041011
DOI
10.4159/9780674041011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14182139 bytes)
Pages
480\469
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 06:39:50

Description

Prior to the Civil War, the U.S. 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 the story of the rise of a country defined by freewheeling capitalism and little government control.

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