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"1. Bordering on Alchemy". A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2007, pp. 20-62. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011-003

(2007). 1. Bordering on Alchemy. In A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States (pp. 20-62). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011-003

2007. 1. Bordering on Alchemy. A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 20-62. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011-003

"1. Bordering on Alchemy" In A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States, 20-62. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011-003

1. Bordering on Alchemy. In: A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2007. p.20-62. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041011-003

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
Prologue: Confidence and the Currency 1
1. Bordering on Alchemy 20
2. Cogniac Street Capitalism 63
3. The Bank Wars 103
4. The Western Bankers 157
5. Passing and Detecting 209
6. Ghosts in the Machine 260
7. Banking on the Nation 305
Epilogue: Confidence in the Country 360
ABBREVIATIONS 377
NOTES 379
A NOTE ON SOURCES 428
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 436
INDEX 443

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
Prologue: Confidence and the Currency 1
1. Bordering on Alchemy 20
2. Cogniac Street Capitalism 63
3. The Bank Wars 103
4. The Western Bankers 157
5. Passing and Detecting 209
6. Ghosts in the Machine 260
7. Banking on the Nation 305
Epilogue: Confidence in the Country 360
ABBREVIATIONS 377
NOTES 379
A NOTE ON SOURCES 428
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 436
INDEX 443

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