What is money really worth any more? This compelling study outlines the rise of 'fiat' money and its associated economic implications. The author provides enough circumstantial evidence to claim a secret War on Gold since the London Gold Pool of the 1960s, highlighting gold's tr…
"In this first-of-its-kind treatment, Heinz Tschachler offers an account of Edgar Allan Poe's relation to the world of banking and money in antebellum America. His censure is overt in his early satires and almost an undercurrent in writings that enter into and historicize the di…
"In this first-of-its-kind treatment, Heinz Tschachler offers an account of Edgar Allan Poe's relation to the world of banking and money in antebellum America. His censure is overt in his early satires and almost an undercurrent in writings that enter into and historicize the di…
Freedom Seekers reveals the hidden stories of enslaved and bound people who attempted to escape from captivity in England's capital. In 1655 White Londoners began advertising in the English-speaking world's first newspapers for enslaved people who had escaped. Based on the adver…
"Worshipped by Tea Party politicians but loathed by sane economists, gold has historically influenced American monetary policy and has exerted an often outsized influence on the national psyche for centuries. Now, acclaimed business writer James Ledbetter explores the tumultuous…
Worshipped by Tea Party politicians but loathed by sane economists, gold has historically influenced American monetary policy and has exerted an often outsized influence on the national psyche for centuries. Now, acclaimed business writer James Ledbetter explores the tumultuous …
Optical properties of gold nanoparticles -- Gold nanoparticles in biology and medicine -- Biodistribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles -- Uptake of gold nanoparticles into mammalian cells -- Immunological properties of gold nanoparticles -- Multifunctional gold-based compo…