A Cultural History of Money in the Renaissance

Stephen Deng is Associate Professor of English at Michigan State University, USA.

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Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Bill Maurer, University of California Irvine, USA
Introduction, Stephen Deng, Michigan State University, USA
1. Money and its Technologies: Mining, Metallurgy, Minting, and Non-Metallic Monetary Forms, Arturo Giráldez, University of the Pacific, Stockton, USA
2. Money and its Ideas: Justice, Sovereignty, and the Idea of Money as Commodity, Bradley D. Ryner, Arizona State University, USA
3. Money, Ritual, and Religion: God’s Stamp and the Problem of Usury, Stephen Deng, Michigan State University, USA
4. Money and the Everyday: Reputation, History, and Symbolism on the Eastern African Coast, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York, UK
5. Money, Art, and Representation: Text, Image, and Message, Barrie Cook, British Museum, UK
6. Money and its Interpretation: Two Early Modern Transactions, David J. Baker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
7. Money and the Issues of the Age: Coinage, Sovereignty, and the Liquidity of Imagination, Brian Sheerin, St. Edward's University, Austin, USA
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