@article{1478601, author = {Mihm, Stephen,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478601}, title = {A Nation of Counterfeiters : Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States /}, abstract = {Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Their success, Mihm reveals, is more than an entertaining tale of criminal enterprise: it is the story of the rise of a country defined by freewheeling capitalism and little government control. Mihm shows how eventually the older monetary system was dismantled, along with the counterfeit economy it sustained.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011}, recid = {1478601}, pages = {1 online resource}, }