тАЬIf youтАЩre interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is┬аthe┬аbook to read!тАЭтАФCharles R. Schwab
Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money,┬аfrom primitive manтАЩs cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange.┬аThe History of Money┬аexplores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our livesтАФeconomic, political, and personal.
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тАЬA fascinating book about the force that makes the world go roundтАФthe dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, paтАЩangas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.тАЭтАФLos Angeles Times