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Underwriting : The Poetics of Insurance in America, 1722-1872 /

This book focuses on the way literary texts articulate embedded cultural assumptions about monetary value and reflect the logic of certain economic practices. In its simplest formulation, Underwriting is an investigation of the cultural history of insurance in early America. It seeks a large part of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wertheimer, Eric (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: Claims
  • Introduction
  • 1 Philadelphia
  • 2 Boston
  • 3 Hartford
  • 4 New York City
  • 5 Boston
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index