TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weatherford,J.McIver
TI  - The history of money: from sandstone to cyberspace
SN  - 0609801724
U1  - 332.49 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Three Rivers Press
KW  - Moneda
KW  - Historia
KW  - Finanzas
N1  - 1; Cannibals, chocolate, and cash --; 2; The fifth element --; 3; The premature death of money --; 4; Knights of commerce --; 5; The Renaissance : new money for old art --; 6; The golden curse --; 7; The birth of the dollar --; 8; The devil's mint --; 9; Metric money --; 10; The gold bug --; 11; The yellow brick road --; 12; The golden playpen of politics --; 13; Wild money and the stealth tax --; 14; The cash ghetto --; 15; Interlude in plastic --; 16; The erotic life of electronic money --; 17; The art of currency terror --; 18; The age of money
N2  - Traces the historical evolution of humankind's relationship with money, from ancient times to the present-day revolutionary transformation in the meaning and use of money as represented by the electronic cash card, and discusses the implications of such changes
ER  -