Global research centre for research on globalization. Since the planting of limpet mines on oil tankers off the coast of the uae in may, the subsequent downing of the us surveillance drone in the persian gulf and the brazen attack on the abqaiq petroleum facility and the khurais oil field in the eastern province of saudi arabia on september 14, choreographed protests have erupted in lebanon and iraq since october. Stephen mihm teaches history at the university of georgia and is the author of a nation of counterfeiters. Stephen mihm is an assistant professor of history at the. A nation of counterfeiters museum of american finance. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data mihm, stephen, 1968 a nation of counterfeiters. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Capitalists, con men, and the making of the united states harvard university press, 2007. Capitalists, con men, and the making of the united states in pdf format, in. Mihm s story is ultimately one of rising national power, when the federal government asserted its authority over the currency in 1861 and cracked down on counterfeiters via the secret service. A crash course in the future of finance penguin press, 2010, which was named as one of the top ten books of 2010 by the new york times. Capitalists, con men, and the making of the united states ebook. Torr the lucent library of homeland security responding to attack. This rogues gallery of forgers, coinshavers and engraversgonebad holds up a funhouse mirror to the entrepreneurial face of american moneymaking.
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