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Boggs : a comedy of values / Lawrence Weschler

by Lawrence Weschler

This work chronicles the career of J. S. G. Boggs, an artist who creates hand-drawn currency and uses it in commercial transactions. It explores his legal encounters with treasury police and investigates the philosophical nature of value and trust in money.

Accession 18339 ISBN 0226893960 Publisher University of Chicago Press
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