A Nation of Counterfeiters

Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States

Stephen Mihm

    Prologue: Confidence and the Currency

    1. Bordering on Alchemy

    2. Cogniac Street Capitalism

    3. The Bank Wars

    4. The Western Bankers

    5. Passing and Detecting

    6. Ghosts in the Machine

    7. Banking on the Nation

    Epilogue: Confidence in the Country

    Abbreviations

    Notes

    A Note on Sources

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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  • A photo of the author

Stephen Mihm is Assistant Professor of History at University of Georgia.