The history of money : from sandstone to cyberspace 🔍
Jack Weatherford [Weatherford, Jack] The Crown Publishing Group, Place of publication not identified, 2009
English [en] · EPUB · 2.0MB · 2009 · 📘 Book (non-fiction) · 🚀/lgli/upload/zlib · Save
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In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp. Author tour. National radio publicity. 25,000 print.
From the Hardcover edition.
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upload/bibliotik/T/The History of Money - Jack Weatherford.epub
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lgli/Jack Weatherford [Weatherford, Jack] - The History of Money (2009, ).epub
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Golden Books Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Random House, Incorporated
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Publisher not identified
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Three Rivers Press
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Crown Currency
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Vintage Books
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Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 1997
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United States, United States of America
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New York, New York State, 2009
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1st pbk. ed, New York, ©1997
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Reprint, 2009
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If youre interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is#160; the #160;book to read!Charles R. Schwab Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money,#160;from primitive mans cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange.#160; The History of Money #160;explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our liveseconomic, political, and personal. #160; A fascinating book about the force that makes the world go roundthe dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, paangas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money. Los Angeles Times
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“If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read!”—Charles R. Schwab
Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money, from primitive man’s cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange. The History of Money explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our lives—economic, political, and personal.
“A fascinating book about the force that makes the world go round—the dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, pa’angas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.”— Los Angeles Times
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2020-04-22
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