Greenback planet how the dollar conquered the world and threatened civilization as we know it / [electronic resource] :
H.W. Brands.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (vi, 139 p.)
- Discovering America series .
- Discovering America series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-132) and index.
Fiat lucre : 1863-1907 -- Strong and stronger : 1907-1928 -- Skulls and bones : 1929-1944 -- The view from Mount Washington : 1944-1963 -- Floating, floating -- : 1963-1973 -- Petrodollars, Eurodollars and the invincible yen : 1973-1989 -- Bubble and boil : 1990-2002 -- Be nice to your creditors : 2003-.
9780292735798 (ebk.) 0292735790 (ebk.)
Dollar, American--History. Monetary policy--United States. International finance. Electronic books.