Virtue, fortune, and faith : a genealogy of finance / Marieke de Goede.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goede, Marieke de, 1971-

Series:

Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 24.

Borderlines ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--History.

Finance.

Economics--History.

Economics.

Money--History.

Money.

Value--History.

Value.

Speculation--History.

Speculation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; [Bristol : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2005.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9634-9

OCLC:

476095690