Download or read book Greenback Planet written by H. W. Brands and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...[A]cclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U.S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis."--P. [4] of jacket.