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Title Wampum and the origins of American money / Marc Shell.
Author Shell, Marc.
Publication Info. Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, c2013.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  306.34 SHE    Check Shelves
Description xvi, 138 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Money and Language -- 2.Foreign Legal Tender -- 3.Translation and Conversion -- 4.Coins on Paper -- 5.What Is Wampum? -- 6.Indian Giving and Willie Wampum -- 7.Money Writing -- 8.Civilization -- 9.Wall Street and Democracy -- 10.What Happened to Wampum.
Subject Wampum.
Indians of North America -- Money.
Money -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
ISBN 9780252033667 : $35.00
0252033663
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