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Follow The Money
The Money Trail Through History
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Pub Date
Jan 24 2013
| Archive Date
Aug 05 2013
Description
Follow the Money is based on a startling insight: there are three different forms of money, not just one; and the form of money a society implements determines the kind of society it will be, and what’s more, how it will think. For money is not neutral. It is a product of human artifice, the particular expression of a particular society, that at the same time determines the further course of that society, not just in terms of economics, but in all areas of cultural endeavor.
Follow the Money is based on a startling insight: there are three different forms of money, not just one; and the form of money a society implements determines the kind of society it will be, and...
Description
Follow the Money is based on a startling insight: there are three different forms of money, not just one; and the form of money a society implements determines the kind of society it will be, and what’s more, how it will think. For money is not neutral. It is a product of human artifice, the particular expression of a particular society, that at the same time determines the further course of that society, not just in terms of economics, but in all areas of cultural endeavor.
A Note From the Publisher
Edited by Natalie Peters.
Edited by Natalie Peters.
Advance Praise
From Kirkus Reviews:
"Alvarado ... offers a detailed study of money and financial concepts through the ages.... In this stimulating, offbeat work of history, the author posits that the manufacture and manipulation of money—and the radically different approaches societies have taken to both those activities—have shaped events in more comprehensive ways than standard histories allow.... A highly readable disentangling of currency’s past and present."
From Kirkus Reviews:
"Alvarado ... offers a detailed study of money and financial concepts through the ages.... In this stimulating, offbeat work of history, the author posits that the manufacture and...
Advance Praise
From Kirkus Reviews:
"Alvarado ... offers a detailed study of money and financial concepts through the ages.... In this stimulating, offbeat work of history, the author posits that the manufacture and manipulation of money—and the radically different approaches societies have taken to both those activities—have shaped events in more comprehensive ways than standard histories allow.... A highly readable disentangling of currency’s past and present."
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9789076660257 |
| PRICE |
$34.99 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9789076660257 |
| PRICE |
$34.99 (USD)
|
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