Money, often portrayed as a straightforward representation of market value, is also a political force, a technology for remaking space and population. This was

The coins and tokens of colonial America and the early United States present a unique chronicle of our nation's birth. This comprehensive guide provides an auth

How the CFA Franc enabled France to continue its colonies in Africa.

This book explores coinage and related object types as an important form of material culture that is crucial to interrogating interactions between coloniser and

Featuring 12 papers from the 'Money in Africa' conference held at the British Museum, this volume brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to cons