Pictures from a distant country
Subtitle: seeing America through old paper money
By: Richard Doty
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780794832551
Subjects: Money; Paper money design; History
Other titles: Seeing America through old paper money
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Constructing a national identity; title: The people in the way; title: The people in the middle; title: Temptress, saint, and helpmeet : woman's identity; title: Childhood and family; title: Making a living; title: Whimsy; title: "You can trust me" : images of worth; title: Progress; title: An age now ending; title: And then what happened?; title: Appendix: Full-size bank-note images.