The story of money

Jenkins, Martin

Kitamura, Satoshi

Notes
from bartering to bail-out /
Martin Jenkins ; illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura.

60 pages :

colour illustrations.

Summary: In this book, Martin Jenkins explores the history of money from its earliest beginnings to the electronic banking of today. Along the way we learn about hunter gatherers, barter, clay tablets, goat swapping, precious metals, hard bargains, IOUs, interest, coins, Romans, taxes, inflation, paper money, currencies and exchange rates.
Location edition Bar Code due date
Non fiction 6218
Dewey:332.423
ISBN:9781406324587
pub:2014