The greenback
Subtitle: paper money and American culture
By: Heinz Tschachler.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786449736
Subjects: Paper money -- United States -- History; Dollar, American -- History
Description: "This text explores the social, cultural and historical contexts of paper money. Predicated on the assumption that paper bills speak to us through the use of symbols--letters, verbal and visual elements, as well as symbols of civic values--this book examines what has been conveyed to Americans via their currency from Colonial times through the present day"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: no ideas but in things; title: Making sense of the buck : cultural representations and signifying practices; title: The production of the paper dollar; title: Designing the paper dollar : articulating production and consumption; title: The paper dollar and the national symbolic; title: The cultural consumption of the paper dollar; title: Cultural regulation : paper dollars and the conduct of life; title: Conclusion.