Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics: The Money That Made Mexico and the United States

by Jake Frederick and Tatiana Seijas

Book Overview

Tracing the history of the new nations of Mexico and the United States, Seijas and Frederick show how the creation of U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos paralleled these countries' efforts to establish enduring political and economic systems, clearly illustrating why these nations closed the nineteenth century on very different historical trajectories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538100460
• ISBN13: 9781538100462
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"