"A Pledge of a Nation": Charting the Economic Aspirations, Political Motivations and Consequences of Confederate Currency Creation
Jordan Rothman
Brandeis University
Master of Arts (MA), Brandeis University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/10192/23258
Abstract
Confederacy Confederate Currency Confederate Money Civil War
This thesis charts the economic and political aspirations of southern policy-makers in creating Confederate currency. It then discusses the success and failure of officials in realizing these aspirations.