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Reading the Market : Genres of Financial Capitalism in Gilded Age America /

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Americans pay famously close attention to "the market", obsessively watching trends, patterns, and swings and looking for clues in every fluctuation. In Reading the Market, Peter Knight explores the Gilded Age origins and development of this peculiar interest. He tracks the historic shift...

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Main Author: Knight, Peter, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wirtschaftspublizistik
Kapitalismus
Finanzierung
Journalism, Commercial.
Finance in literature.
Finance in art.
Finance.
Capitalism and literature.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Finances dans l'art.
Capitalisme et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Journalisme economique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Capitalism and literature > United States > History.
Journalism, Commercial > United States > History.
Finance > United States > History > 20th century.
Finance > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Market reports
  • Reading the ticker tape
  • Picturing the market
  • Confidence games and inside information
  • Conspiracy and the invisible hand of the market
  • Epilogue.

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