CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

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