The Face of Mammon
Author | : David Landreth |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2012-04-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199773299 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199773297 |
Rating | : 4/5 (297 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Face of Mammon by : David Landreth
Download or read book The Face of Mammon written by David Landreth and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Face of Mammon' studies the coins of 16th-century England as they are articulated in literary writing. It argues that the coinage of the 16th century is a very different object from the money that we know in that modern money is the object of a discourse, economics, that had not yet taken shape.