The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies - by Viviana A. Zelizer

The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies -

Viviana A. Zelizer

286 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction economics history sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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A dollar is a dollar--or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument that impoverishes social life by reducing social relations to cold, hard cash. Arguing against this conven...

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