Virtue, Fortune, and Faith : a Genealogy of Finance.
A cultural history of financial markets from the early eighteenth century to the present day, Virtue, Fortune, and Faith offers a reading of the historical insecurities, debates, and controversies that were purged from nascent credit practices in order to produce the image of today's global fin...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2005.
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Series: | Borderlines.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction: Money and Representation; 1. A Genealogy of Finance; 2. Mastering Lady Credit; 3. Finance, Gambling, and Speculation; 4. The Dow Jones Average and the Birth of the Financial Market; 5. Regulation and Risk in Contemporary Markets; 6. Repoliticizing Financial Practices; Conclusion: Objectivity and Irony in the Dot-Com Bubble; Notes; Bibliography; Index.