TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jenkins,Martin
AU  - Kitamura,Satoshi
TI  - The story of money: from bartering to bail-out 
SN  - 9781406324587 (hbk.) :
U1  - 332.4 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Walker Books
KW  - Money
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Non-Fiction 9+
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Work and Money
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In the Yap Islands in the South Pacific it can be a stone with a hole in the middle. It can be a string of shells, a bundle of cloth or a copper slab. It's the stuff that makes the world go round. That doesn't grow on trees. That can't buy you love, apparently. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Martin Jenkins explores the history of money from its earliest beginnings to the electronic banking of today. Along the way we learn about hunter gatherers, barter, clay tablets, goat swapping, precious metals, hard bargains, IOUs, interest, coins, Romans, taxes, inflation, paper money, currencies and exchange rates
ER  -