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Greenback
Paper Money and American Culture
Häftad, 2010
502 kr
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What can we learn about America by examining its paper bills? This illuminating text answers that question by exploring the social, cultural and historical contexts of paper money. Predicated on the assumption that paper bills speak to us through the deliberate use of symbols--letters, verbal and …
Monetary Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe
Banking, Currency and Politics in the Writings
Häftad, 2013
549 kr
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In this first-of-its-kind treatment, Heinz Tschachler offers an account of Edgar Allan Poe's relation to the world of banking and money in antebellum America. He contends that Poe gave the full force of his censure to the acrimonious debates about America's money, Andrew Jackson's bank war, the …
George Washington and Political Fatherhood
The Endurance of a National Myth
Häftad, 2020
537 kr
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More than two hundred years after his death, George Washington is still often considered the metaphorical father of the United States. He was first known as the "Father of His Country" during his lifetime, when the American people bestowed the title upon him as a symbolic act of resistance and …
George Washington on Coins and Currency
Häftad, 2020
619 kr
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George Washington is the most popular subject on coins, medals, tokens, paper money and postage stamps in America. Attempts to eliminate one-dollar bills from circulation, replacing them with coins, have been unsuccessful. Americans' reluctance to part with their "Georges" are beyond rational …
Washington Irving and the Fantasy of Masculinity
Escaping the Woman Within
Häftad, 2022
544 kr
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Washington Irving remains one of the most recognized American authors of the 19th century, remembered for short stories like Rip van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He also accomplished other writing feats, including penning George Washington's biography and other life stories. Throughout …
