Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION Early American Monetary Practice 1
4. 1 From Coin to Currency 14
5. 2 The Sinews of War 42
6. 3 Accounting for Politics 64
7. 4 Coined Land 88
8. 5 Money and Blood 120
9. 6 Money on the Margins 151
10. 7 From Currency to Coin 187
11. EPILOGUE The Currency Act Crisis 213
12. Acknowledgments 229
13. Abbreviations 233
14. Notes 235
15. Index 295