Wampum and the Origins of American Money

by Marc Shell

Book Overview

Wampum has become a synonym for money, and it is widely assumed that it served the same purposes as money among the Native Algonquians even after coming into contact with European colonists' money. But to equate wampum with money only matches one slippery term with another, as money itself was quite ill-defined in North America for decades during its colonization. In this stimulating and intriguing book, Marc Shell illuminates the context in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252033663
• ISBN13: 9780252033667
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.1"