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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Goede, Marieke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
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.