The greenback : paper money and American culture /
This text explores the social, cultural and historical contexts of paper money. Predicated on the assumption that paper bills speak to us through the use of symbols--letters, verbal and visual elements, as well as symbols of civic values--this book examines what has been conveyed to Americans via th...
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Making sense of the buck : cultural representations and signifying practices
- The production of the paper dollar
- Designing the paper dollar : articulating production and consumption
- The paper dollar and the national symbolic
- The cultural consumption of the paper dollar
- Cultural regulation : paper dollars and the conduct of life.