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A quick history of money : from bartering to Bitcoin / Clive Gifford and Rob Flowers.
"Why is a $5 bill worth $5? Where do coins come from? What do banks actually do? Discover the answers to these and more in this crash course from ancient cashless societies to ... very modern cashless societies. The history of buying, selling, saving, and stealing is full of crazy stories and unbelievable facts, proving that while it might sound all grown-up and series, money sure is funny." -- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780711262751 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0711262756 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780711259836 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0711259836 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 123 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Beverly, MA : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of the Quarto Group, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A time before money -- It's a gift -- Swap shop -- Cow much? -- All that glitters -- Shelling out -- Mesopotamia's got talent[s] --Owe no! -- Very interesting -- Coining it -- Coins catch on -- Don't bank on it -- Slave to money -- Funding fights -- Roman rises -- Fine time -- China's changing currencies -- Flying cash -- Stone-cold rich -- World's wealthiest -- What a rotta! -- Families and florins -- Taking stock -- Cocoa, cotton, and copper -- Super silver -- paper problem solvers -- Coin clippers -- National banks -- Cashing in -- Minted! -- An upsetting business -- The greenback -- Mark my words -- Making money -- Crash! -- Wealth of nations -- Opportunity Knox -- Put it on plastic -- Playing with plastic -- Holes in the wall -- Microbanks -- Beyond banks -- Euro most welcome -- Making money from money -- Feeling reserved -- The global financial crisis -- Bitcoin begins -- Rich and poor -- The end of hard cash? -- Future money -- Timeline -- Money and you! -- Buy, bye, bye -- Money mishaps -- Money quiz. |
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