The History of Money

by Jack weatherford

Paperback, 1998

Publication

Crown Business (1998), Edition: Reprint, 304 pages

Description

In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp. Author tour. National radio publicity. 25,000 print.

Subjects

Awards

Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist — Nonfiction — 1998)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1997

Physical description

304 p.; 5.3 inches

ISBN

0609801724 / 9780609801727
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