A Nation of Counterfeiters

A Nation of Counterfeiters
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 9780674041011
ISBN-13 : 0674041011
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Book Synopsis A Nation of Counterfeiters by : Stephen Mihm

Download or read book A Nation of Counterfeiters written by Stephen Mihm and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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