An account of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day

How the contentious world of nineteenth-century banking shaped the United States. Pieces of paper that claimed to be good for two dollars upon redemption at a d

Recounts the emergence of central banking ideas and institutions in US from the formation of the First Bank of the US to the enactment of the Federal Reserve Sy

In this extensive history of U.S. monetary policy, Richard H. Timberlake chronicles the intellectual, political, and economic developments that prompted the use