Virtue, Fortune, and Faith: A Genealogy of Finance Volume 24

by Marieke de Goede

Less than two centuries ago finance - today viewed as the center of economic necessity and epitome of scientific respectability - stood condemned as disreputable fraud. How this change in status came about, and what it reveals about the nature of finance, is the story told in Virtue, Fortune, and Faith. A unique cultural history of modern financial markets from the early eighteenth century to the present day, the book offers a genealogical reading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816644152
• ISBN13: 9780816644155
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"