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The devil's riches : a modern history of greed /
A seeming constant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unj...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2016.
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| Colección: | Spektrum (New York, N.Y.) ;
v.11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A seeming constant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unjust world. Focusing specifically on the interrelated themes of religion, economics, and health - each of which sought to study and channel the power of financial desire - Jared Poley shows how evolving ideas about greed became formative elements of the modern experience. -- from back cover. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1785331272 9781785331275 |