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Three Rivers Press, N.Y., 1997, 288 pgs., index, bibliography, end
notes, paperback
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Reviewer comment: This is a 'popular' style book written for the
general reader by an author of many books, but not an economist. Each chapter
is focused on some 'stories' about various leading 'actors' such as bankers or
Templers or Aztecs. The coverate is episodic. The topics from the 1500's on are
relatively well described. But the author has a very weak understanding of
ancient Mesopotamia, the first civilization that developed money ,banking and
elaborate trade.
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Forward |
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Introduction
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I - Classic Cash
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1. - Cannibals, Choclate, and Cash
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2. - The Fifth Element
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3. - The Premature Death of Money
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4. - Knights of Commerce
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5. - The Renaissance: New Money for Old Art
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6. - The Golden Curse
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II - Paper Money
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7. - The Birth of the Dollar
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8. - The Devil's Mint
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9. - Metric Money
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10. - The Gold Bug
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11. - The Yellow Brick Road
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12. - The Golden Playpen of Politics
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III Electronic Money
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13. - Wild Money and the Stealth Tax
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14. - The Cash Ghetto
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15. - Interlude in Plastic
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16. - TheErotic Life of Electronic Money
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17. - The Art of Currency Terror
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18. - The Age of Money
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