Virtue, Fortune, and Faith : A Genealogy of Finance.

By: de Goede, MariekeMaterial type: TextTextSeries: BorderlinesPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816696345Subject(s): Economics -- History | Finance -- History | Money -- History | Speculation -- History | Value -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Virtue, Fortune, and Faith : A Genealogy of FinanceDDC classification: 332.09 LOC classification: HG171 -- .G637 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: 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 financial sphere. Marieke de Goede questions assumptions about international finance's unchallenged position and exposes its ambiguous scientific authority.
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Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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 financial sphere. Marieke de Goede questions assumptions about international finance's unchallenged position and exposes its ambiguous scientific authority.

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