How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina? What cultural, economic, and political processes made the U.S. currency dominant on certain domestic markets? How did the dollar-peso exchange rate become an everyday part of life, something nearly everyone follows? In other words, how precisely did this global currency become a local currency on the other end of the Americas?

These are some of the questions that our book addresses. By offering a new lens on the dollar, our book examines another dimension of the economic and political predominance of the United States, telling the story of the greenback as a popular currency outside its home country’s borders.