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Greenberg's depictions show that bank notes were more alive to people than money today and that each transaction required a keen eye and careful negotiation. The first covers the major players in the market and how bank notes were used in transactions, the second examines the physical nature of bank notes, and the third highlights how personal experiences with bank notes influenced political leanings and movements. Most chapters focus on bank notes before 1840 (though there are scattered examples going forward in time), whereas the last chapter discusses how the issue of greenbacks and standardized national bank notes during the Civil War replaced the chaotic bank note system. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'The Cotton Dust Papers: Science, Politics and Power in the 'Discovery' of Byssinosis in the U.S.,' by Charles Levenstein, Gregory F. De Laurier and Mary Lee Dunn.

Reviews the book `The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784,' Vol.9, edited by Elizabeth M. Nuxoll and Mary A. Gallagher.

Reviews the book `Agricultural Development in China, 1949-1989: The Collected Papers of Kenneth R. Walker (1931-1989),' edited by Robert F. Ash.

Reviews the book `Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry. Labour, Capital, and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914,' by Gary Bryan Magee.

A review of the book "Argentine Railways: Seven Papers on Their Economics & History," by Sylvester Damus is presented.

Reviews the book 'The Color of the Work: The Stuggle for Civil Rights in the Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980,' by Timothy J. Minchin.

Reviews the book 'Papermaking in Eighteenth Century France: Management, Labor and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805,' by Leonard N. Rosenband.

Reviews the book `Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927,' by Niall Ferguson.

Reviews the book `The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895-98,' edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert and Grace Palladino.

Reviews the book `Canadian Papers in Rural History. Volume VII,' edited by Donald H. Akenson.

Reviews the book `Canadian Papers in Business History. Vol. 1,' edited by Peter Baskerville.

Reviews books about American slavery which caused the beginnings of capitalism and the growth of the worldwide market. Includes `Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery,' by Robert William Fogel; `Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery. Markets and Production: Technical Papers, Volume I,' edited by Robert William Fogel and Stanley Engerman.

Reviews the book `The European Discovery of the World and Its Economic Effects on Pre-Industrial Society, 1500-1800: Papers of the Tenth International Economic History Congress,` edited by Hans Pohl.

Reviews the book `Labor Law in America: Historical and Critical Essays,' edited by Christopher L. Tomlins and Andrew J. King. Relationship between law and power in American society; Collection of papers on American labor history and the law; Manifestation of power and an arbiter within power relationships; Race as an element in legal regulations on vagrancy in latter half of nineteenth century.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, 1854-1933,' edited by Pablo Martin Acena and Jaime Reis.