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  • Title: The History of Money
  • Author: Jack Weatherford
  • ISBN: 9780609801727
  • Page: 419
  • Format: Paperback

    • The History of Money By Jack Weatherford In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today s leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all purpose electronic cash card 320 pp Author tour National radio publicity 25,000 print.FromIn his most widely appealing book yet, one of today s leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all purpose electronic cash card 320 pp Author tour National radio publicity 25,000 print.From the Hardcover edition.
    Jack Weatherford
    Jack McIver Weatherford is the former DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota He is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World His other books include The History of Money Indian Givers How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World and The Secret History of the Mongol Queens How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire.

    The History of Money By Jack Weatherford

    Commentaires:

    Paul Bryant
    THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE BUT YOU CAN KEEP EM FOR THE BIRDS AND BEESOn the second page of the first chapter of this book about money, Jack Weatherford is talking about human sacrifice in the Aztec religion up the long flight of steps to the altar where the priests ripped out his heart later on p 64 we get a description of the Templars being burned to death in 1310 I ll spare you a quote and anyone might think that our author is trying desperately to jive up his boring subject with regular [...]
    Lily
    Written by an anthropologist Discusses the history of money and how money from cowerie shells to blips on a screen has affected human societies.IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ECONOMICS AND EVEN IF YOU DO, THIS IS THE BEST MOST EASILY ACCESIBLE OVERVIEW EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING AND WELL WRITTEN.
    Tariq Mahmood
    It s a definite guide to various versions of money and its impact on culture Money in terms of age is only at its beginning The future will see money evolve above the governments controlling it with the advent of e money The success of e money will be death knell for paper money outside government control I felt the book left a very positive impression of money s future on me, making money an egalitarian factor which could glue the people together breaking the current monopoly of financial secto [...]
    Steve Sewall
    Such a fine book So accessible, so fully researched Billionaire Charles R Schwab calls it THE book to read about the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money The first chapter covers the origins of money of coins, of trading, of markets in ancient Lydia and it is unforgettable Weatherford s background as an ethnographer whose widely read in economics, including a knowledge of electronic money systems through the late 1990 s, gives his book a historically balanced perspective [...]
    Marcus
    The illusion in motion Interesting, but not super entertaining Of course maybe that is expecting too much given the topic.
    Molly Brodak
    awesomeutterly interesting You need to know the history of money You ll never look at it the same way.
    Evan Martin
    Lots of interesting historical tidbits and etymologies Offers insightful perspective on the shaping of the modern world Needs a new revision to include bitcoin, etc.
    Michael
    As anticipated, the history of money is quite the story From extracting hapless villager hearts to pay off the local deity, to dispersing immaterial numerical bits to win crap off Ebay, this is a most interesting development Weatherford maintains an identifiable structure of three monetary phases, while filling the narrative with any number of fascinating anecdotes The Spanish Mexican Peso was the primary currency of the fledgling US That grants an ironic precedent to my statement last year that [...]
    Tom Schulte
    According to Herodotus, the Lydians were the first people to use gold and silver coins and the first to establish retail shops in permanent locations This statement of Herodotus is one of the pieces of evidence often cited in behalf of the argument that Lydians invented coinage, at least in the West, even though the first coins were neither gold nor silver but an alloy of the two called electrum This book covers an arc from before the first coinage to the predicted, cash less future As such, it [...]
    Kersplebedeb
    This is what i think of as an airport book a lot of vivid anecdotes, memorable imagery, and lively prose, however beyond that in terms of actual history or historical insight, not much than you could get from reading for an evening After some interesting musings in the first few chapters, the book retreats to cultural trivia alternating with a bare bones history of the mechanics of currency Not that it was boring, but it was not what i was hoping for.Add to this the fact that the author s basic [...]
    Rachel Evans
    This book is a comprehensive history of the means of exchange through out the ages It brings us right up to the present day well present day when the book was written in 97 The author discusses inflation, intentional devaluation of money, and how we ve arrived at the systems that we have todayough the authors intention did not seem political I learned a lot about politics especially the role government has upon the money supply.I found this book for sale at the library and picked it up because I [...]
    Ritesh Pase
    For someone with no background on this subject this was a good read It is not necessarily an information based book but rather a good entertainer o the topic of how money has evolved through human history and how it has impacted human history at different times I read heard this book on Audible and hence was able to endure through some of the sections of the book where the author goes in bit of a rant mode I believe altogether too much time is spent on the post 1850 era and the book is far too U [...]
    Jo Deann
    I really did like the book although it took me awhile to get through it It takes the reader from the times of bartering for goods and services all the way up to our electronic system that we have today It talks a lot about the deflation of paper money due to the lack of metal assets gold, silver, etc and how that happened in the first place There is a ton of info in the book it s at times overwhelming, but I did learn a great deal.
    Dima
    recommended to read for those who wants to know if it really is their money bag in the bank deposite box that keeps on shrinking, or the size of the world that keeps growing or like Jack Sparrow in Pirates 3 says, the world has always been the same, its just has less and less in it.
    Jack
    Largely obvious did not learn anything from it.Also outdated.
    Ed Terrell
    Money, get awayGet a good job with pay and you re O.K.Money, it s a gasGrab that cash with both hands and make a stashPink Floyd The History of Money is the history of the world and in this examination, we come to know a little better of where we came from and who we are Beginning with the use of commodity money, such as cowry shells in Africa, salt in China, and animals in general, each was used as a storehouse of value From the use of cattle we have the word pecuniary Latin wealth in cattle a [...]
    Cosmonautbullfrog
    When I went to my sister s graduation this was the book I brung I about read the whole thing there It was a long four hours.The book is separated into three main sections Classic Cash, Paper Money, and Electronic Money.Classic Cash focuses on actual commodities as money Bronze that can be made into tools coffee that could be drunk That sort of thing It chronicles the history of such money from the Aztecs to Croesus to the Knights Templar to the Medici family.Paper money focuses on gold becoming [...]
    D.L. Morrese
    I saw this book while browsing at the library and thought it might be interesting It is I already knew a bit about the subject, although I didn t know that The Wizard of Oz was a satire about the debate on what money should be based upon Apparently, Baum supported basing the dollar on both gold and silver His character Dorothy represented a Populist orator, Leslie Kelsey AKA the Kansas Tornado Oz itself comes from the abbreviation for ounce, which measures the precious metals The Scarecrow repre [...]
    Mike Siegel
    In my attempt to understand cryptocurrency better I took a step back and tried to understand how currency developed I wanted to know how currency has been used throughout time and how the government has used and abused fiat currency This book did all of that and allowed me to understand the impact a decentralized currency may have on the world If anything, it made me surprised that the current people in charge haven t tried to stomp out cryptocurrency immediately The government s control of cur [...]
    Connie Townsend
    Very informative review of the development, devaluation and replacement of various forms of currency through time Weatherford concisely follows the establishment of American currency from colonial times through the use of credit cards and Electronic money He then formulates the process of formulating the electronic money and other forms of money for the future.I was particularly interested in his evaluation of the role of governments in the volume and value of it s currency He looks had the resu [...]
    Dipanjan Dey
    I really enjoyed the parts of the book where it actually describes the history of money It is rich with lots of interesting information perspectives Also, the author has a great storytelling style The narrative does get draggged down a bit in the last 10% of the book though, once it starts predicting the future and talking about the morality of monetary policies
    Karina
    Excellently written Enjoyed learning a obscure world history and interesting explanations to the rise of globalization and our modern market I really wish the author could produce an encore, since this was written before the 2008 recession.
    Taurus
    Much too trivial for me I expected economics topics and less trivia, but then it does say history in the title which is why I give it 3 stars.
    pepe abola
    4 3 4 really either or read this 1st off, any writer who makes learning fun is a genius jack weatherford is 1 of these this book his most recent genghis khan the making of the modern world read like novels very accessible utterly fascinating scholarly, but far from stuffy, obtuse, pompous, or confusing i would ve never imagined staying up all night cracked out by my desire to keep reading a book about money, but i did this book reads like an epic narrative, in many ways it is, starting with the [...]
    Brian
    A fantastic history that proved to be invaluable in my studies, both for research and for repeating Weatherford is a very learned and very fun writer who is interested in everything from Mayan chocolate money to current electronic mall play money He is definitely a humanities guy, and includes all sorts of little gems like this The market without borders never opens or closes it merely pulses It does not distinguish winter from summer, and it knows neither night nor day It never takes a vacation [...]
    Ruth
    I started reading this book last summer, then misplaced it for quite a while It took me a while to get back into it It is the kind of book to read in one or two sittings, not ten minutes before I fall asleep It is not a difficult read, but it kind of whips through history, so I needed to pay attention in a mindful way What is the point of reading a book like this if I am not going to learn anything that sticks The book started off pretty strong in tackling such a wide spread topic Keeping things [...]
    L. Alexandra
    The History of Money is a book that blossoms with unique and colorful facts that flourish into a single lush, story of a worldwide garden It is not simply the past of currency, but a unique lens through which to view the history of humanity Jack Weatherford s detail devoted voice leaves him a professor of the page, providing information in a form as enticing as the most vivid lecture His words are ripe with comparisons and anecdotes that make the knowledge not only easy to digest but memorable F [...]
    Stephen Wong
    In three words Rock, Paper, Scissors In a way this familiar game traces the arc of embodied and increasingly disembodied money, from minerals and alloys, paper currency and fiat moneys, to the Linden dollars of Second Life, cutoff entirely from the real economy More tritely, need anyone say of the ongoing credit crisis of 2007 08 Any system of debased money collapses The search is on for the stable num raire in the macro.The author does not explicitly complete the picture in terms of anthropolo [...]
    Craig
    This is an engaging analysis of the development and evolution of money from man s earliest days to the dawn of the 21st Century Money developed differently in different cultures sea shells, gems, even products themselves constituted the earliest mediums of exchange Gradually, coins were minted and used Paper money later evolved, but was usually backed by something of value normally gold or silver In the United States, FDR was the first president to begin to move us away from the gold standard Al [...]
    Robert
    Filthy lucre Money both fascinates and disgusts me The things I learned from The History of Money intensified both feelings Throughout the history of mankind, money has been closely intertwined with nearly all forms of evil On the other hand, it has been the means of bringing about much good in the world.I didn t like how Weatherford tried to sensationalize a discussion of money with detailed tales of Aztec human sacrifice and knights being burned to death I find the concepts interesting enough [...]
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