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

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Informationen zum Autor Stephen Mihm is Associate Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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