Raving at Usurers : Anti-Finance and the Ethics of Uncertainty in England, 1690-1750 /

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Dwight Codr explores the complex intersection of religion, economics, ethics, and literature in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. Codr offers an alternative to the orthodox story of secular economic modernity's emergence in this key time and place, locating in early modern anti-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Codr, Dwight, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Usury > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Usury in literature.
Usury.
Finance.
Economics.
Economic history.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Économie politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Économie politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Finances > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Finances > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Usure > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Usure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Usure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Economics > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Economics > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Finance > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Finance > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Usury > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Usury in literature > History > 18th century.
Usury in literature > History > 17th century.
Usury > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Usury > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions economiques > 18e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions economiques > 17e siecle.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Raving at usurers: The life and death of David Jones
  • 2. Hazarding all for God: The death of usury and the Financial Revolution, reconsidered
  • 3. Risk and adventure in the Age of Projects: Noah, Defoe, Crusoe
  • 4. Risk aversion and the economization of prudence: Fielding, gambling, gifts
  • Conclusion John Ruskin and the ghost of David Jones.

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