| The Greenback Era | |
| Author: | Irwin Unger |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Publisher: | ACLS History E-Book Project and Princeton University Press |
| Release Date: | 1964 |
| Pages: | 467 |
| Isbn: | 978-1597401685 |
The Greenback Era: A Social and Political History of American Finance, 1865-1879 is a nonfiction history book by American historian Irwin Unger, published in 1964 by Princeton University Press. It won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for History.[1] It is about American finance in the post-Civil War period and the social and political elements involved.[2] [3]