The Greenback Era: A Social and Political History of American Finance 1865-1879

The Greenback Era is not a financial history; rather, it is an attempt to locate the source of political power in the crucial Reconstruction years through a socio-economic study of American financial conflict during the years 1865 to 1879.

Originally published in 1964.

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