Wampum and the Origins of American Money by Marc Shell

Wampum and the Origins of American Money

Marc Shell

168 pages paperback

2 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Wampum has become a synonym for money, and it is widely assumed that it served the same purposes as money among the Native Algonquians even after coming into contact with European colonists' money. But to equate wampum with money only matches one ...

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