Reading the Market Genres of Financial Capitalism in Gilded Age America

<P>Americans pay famously close attention to ""the market,"" obsessively watching trends, patterns, and swings and looking for clues in every fluctuation. In <I>Reading the Market</I>, Peter Knight explores the Gilded Age origins and development of this peculia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Knight, Peter, 1968- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 2016
[2016]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434181006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Market reports
  • Reading the ticker tape
  • Picturing the market
  • Confidence games and inside information
  • Conspiracy and the invisible hand of the market
  • Epilogue.