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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. This New Black Flesh Coin; 2. Banking on Slavery; 3. Rags, Blacking, and Paper Soldiers; 4. Gold Money and the Constitution of Man; 5. A Bank in Human Form; Epilogue: Words and Bonds; Notes; Index. |
| 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 & mdash;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 & rsquo;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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Public opinion -- History.
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African Americans -- Public opinion. |
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History. |
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African Americans. |
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Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
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Equality -- Economic aspects. |
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United States. |
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Equality. |
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Monetary policy -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Monetary policy -- Social aspects. |
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Monetary policy. |
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Money -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History.
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Money. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Money -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Money -- Social aspects. |
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Public opinion -- United States -- History.
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Public opinion. |
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United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects -- History.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Malley, Michael. Face Value : The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2012 9780226629377 |
| ISBN |
9780226629391 (electronic book) |
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0226629392 (electronic book) |
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0226629376 |
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9780226629377 |
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