''The Greenback Era: A Social and Political History of American Finance, 1865-1879'' is a book by American historian
Irwin Unger
Irwin Unger (May 2, 1927 - May 21, 2021, New York City) was an American historian and academic specializing in economic history, the history of the 1960s, and the history of the Gilded Age. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958 and ...
, published in 1964 by
Princeton University Press
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, which won the 1965
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...
. It is about American finance in the post-Civil War period and the social and political elements involved.
References
1964 non-fiction books
Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works
American history books
American political books
Princeton University Press books
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