Heinz Tschachler

The Greenback

Paper Money and American Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 visual elements, as well as symbols of civic values--this book examines what has been conveyed to Americans via their currency from colonial times through the present day. Topics covered include origin, design, creative and subversive usages, and counterfeiting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780786449736
• ISBN-10: 078644973X
• Artikelnr.: 29026908

Autorenporträt

Heinz Tschachler is a former professor of English and American studies at Alpen-Adria-University in Klagenfurt, Austria. He is the author of numerous books.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. Making Sense of the Buck: Cultural Representations and Signifying
Practices     
2. The Production of the Paper Dollar     
3. Designing the Paper Dollar: Articulating Production and Consumption     
4. The Paper Dollar and the National Symbolic     
5. The Cultural Consumption of the Paper Dollar     
6. Cultural Regulation: Paper Dollars and the Conduct of Life     
Conclusion     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography of Works Cited     
Index