A Brief History of American Currency, from wampum to nickels
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Author | : First National Bank of Milwaukee |
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Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1913 |
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Author | : Alexander Del Mar |
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Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Money |
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Author | : William Sumner |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2023-03-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368806912 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author | : Marc Shell |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : 9780252033667 |
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 | : Richard Doty |
Publisher | : Whitman Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Money |
ISBN | : 9780794822576 |
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.
Author | : William Graham Sumner |
Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2005-03-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1596050810 |
A fascinating but often overlooked topic is the establishment of currency in a new nation. The process involves not only a host of unknown and complicated political factors, but also economics and the culture of the new nation. In A History of American Currency, Yale Professor William G. Sumner examines the development of the monetary system in the United States, from the colonial era through the Civil War. He noted that the earliest British settlers brought with them virtually no money; the English government wouldn't allow it, and the Puritans had little or no use for it. Gradually, the settlers traded wampumpeag with their Native American neighbors, and eventually currency was developed to pay soldiers, finance expeditions, and trade with other nations. Sumner also covers the English Bank Restriction of 1797, the Bullion Report of 1810, and the development of Austrian paper money.WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER was a professor of political and social science at Yale University and became known as a Social Darwinist and advocate of the laissez faire principle in economics. Besides writing a number of books on sociology, history, and economics, he was also influential in the movement to modernize the American university system.
Author | : William G. Sumner |
Publisher | : Beard Books |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2000-12 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781587980046 |
A fascinating glimpse of the history of American paper currency and the rise of banks.
Author | : Nicholas Brasch |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2013-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1477715150 |
People in Asia Minor developed the first coin-based currency, but long before that humans would exchange precious objects for the things necessary for their daily life. Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its genesis, beginning with those early coins and precious objects and tracing their legacy to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century. Photographs and illustrations explore the remarkable diversity and detail of contemporary currency, while engaging text explores moneys utility and places it within a social context.
Author | : William G. Sumner |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2023-11-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385231531 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.