| Description |
1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
This New Black Flesh Coin -- Banking on Slavery -- Rags, Blacking, and Paper Soldiers -- Gold Money and the Constitution of Man -- A Bank in Human Form -- Epilogue: Words and Bonds |
| Summary |
"From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. They have painted it and sung songs about it, organized political parties around it, and imprinted it with the name of God--all the while wondering: is money a symbol of the value of human work and creativity, or a symbol of some natural, intrinsic value? In Face Value, Michael O'Malley provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Like race, money is bound up in questions of identity and worth, each a kind of shorthand for the different values of two similar things. O'Malley illuminates how these two socially constructed hierarchies are deeply rooted in American anxieties about authenticity and difference. In this compelling work of cultural history, O'Malley interprets a stunning array of historical sources to evaluate the comingling of ideas about monetary value and social distinctions. More than just a history, Face Value offers us a new way of thinking about the present culture of coded racism, gold fetishism, and economic uncertainty."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-252) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 30, 2020) |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Public opinion -- History
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Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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Monetary policy -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
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Money -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History
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Money -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
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Public opinion -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Money & Monetary Policy.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions
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African Americans -- Public opinion
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Equality -- Economic aspects
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Monetary policy -- Social aspects
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Money -- Psychological aspects
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Money -- Social aspects
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Public opinion
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Race relations -- Economic aspects
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects -- History
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011038982 |
| ISBN |
9780226629391 |
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0226629392 |
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9781280678295 |
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1280678291 |
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9786613655226 |
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6613655228 |
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