TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Mihm, Stephen, CN - HG591 DO - 10.4159/9780674041011 DO - doi ID - 1478601 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 KW - Bank notes KW - Banks and banking KW - Counterfeits and counterfeiting KW - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674041011 N2 - 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. SN - 9780674041011 T1 - A Nation of Counterfeiters :Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States / TI - A Nation of Counterfeiters :Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674041011 ER -