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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Codr, Dwight, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1600-1799
Usury > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Usury > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Usury in literature > History > 17th century.
Usury in literature > History > 18th century.
Usury > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Finance > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Finance > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Economics > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Economics > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Usure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Usure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Usure > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Finances > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Finances > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Économie politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Économie politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Economic history
Economics
Finance
Usury
Usury in literature
Usury > Religious aspects > Christianity
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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