San Antonio College Library

A new documentary DVD about the discovery of the Americas through a coin collector's eye from 1492 to 1825. This feature moves in chronological order with events starting with Christopher Columbus's voyages, followed by the Spanish Conquistadors throughout the Americas, the finding of gold and silver, the first coins produced from the Mexico City Mint, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala and many others. You will learn about Shipwrecks, Pirates and...

In The Power of Money, Armand Van Dormael navigates a path to understanding for the neophyte and enlightened economist alike. Focusing on the Euromarket, Van Dormael introduces us to the players, the abuses, and the behind-the-scenes machinations for control of the global economy. The journey begins in the sixteenth century when Jacob Fugger makes a transaction which results in the first major victory of credit over cash. With the firm hand of an...

In Exorbitant Privilege, economic historian, Barry Eichengreen, traces the rise of the dollar to international prominence over the course of the 20th century. He shows that the greenback dominated internationally in the second half of the century for the same reasons and in the same way that the United States dominated the global economy. But now, America no longer towers over the global economy. It follows, Eichengreen argues, that the dollar will...

In Goldbugs and Greenbacks, Gretchen Ritter considers the great financial debate of the late nineteenth-century in which farmers and workers fought to redirect economic policy. Ritter argues that both groups believed money and banking were key to continued economic opportunity for all. Beyond the discussion about gold and silver was a broader dialogue about sectionalism, race relations, and the changing class structure. The farmer-labor groups that...