โIf youโre interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this isย theย book to read!โโCharles R. Schwab
Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money,ย from primitive manโs cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange.ย The History of Moneyย explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our livesโeconomic, political, and personal.
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โA fascinating book about the force that makes the world go roundโthe dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, paโangas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.โโLos Angeles Times