Excerpt from Lessons on Practical Subjects: By Sarah Forbes Hughes and Catherine W. Faucon
In View of this fact, it has occurred to us, that, if a few of the more practical questions dependent on these laws could be treated in a way simple enough for a child to comprehend, it might be possible to give our school children right ideas at the outset. If this could be done, the graduates of our schools, when called upon in after years to vote on social or financial subjects, might not be so wholly unprepared as they often are now.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book follows the progression of barter to paper money, examining how societies' needs drove these changes. The author presents understandable examples of how people conducted business before the use of money, why precious metals were sought after as mediums of exchange, and how paper came to be used in transactions. This book is not intended as an in-depth monetary history but as an accessible look at the motivations and circumstances that have shaped how humans buy and sell goods. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331962885_0
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