MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01606cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2010006529
003 DLC
005 20101001160801.0
008 100316s2010 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010006529
020 $a9780786449736 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a078644973X (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn496959967
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHG591$b.T834 2010
082 00 $a332.4/0440973$222
100 1 $aTschachler, Heinz.
245 14 $aThe greenback :$bpaper money and American culture /$cHeinz Tschachler.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2010.
300 $avii, 248 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMaking sense of the buck : cultural representations and signifying practices -- The production of the paper dollar -- Designing the paper dollar : articulating production and consumption -- The paper dollar and the national symbolic -- The cultural consumption of the paper dollar -- Cultural regulation : paper dollars and the conduct of life.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aPaper money$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aDollar, American$xHistory.