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

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the contro

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

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

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