Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 The Empire Needs a Banker 19
5. 2 Protocols and Penmanship 37
6. 3 Imperial Banking on the Ground 55
7. 4 US Imperial Power and the Fed 79
8. 5 Information and the Routines of Empire 102
9. 6 The Human Infrastructure of Foreign Finance 119
10. 7 Getting Local 138
11. Conclusion 165
12. Acknowledgments 175
13. Notes 177
14. Works Cited 231
15. Index 265