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Spectacular speculation: thrills, the economy, and popular discourse

By Urs , Stäheli

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780804771313, 9780804771320, 9780804788250, 0804771316, 0804771324
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17553255 bytes)
Pages
vi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm\312
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Börsenspekulation;Finance--Social aspects--History

Description

Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency? -- The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation -- Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality -- Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century -- Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians -- The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation -- The rhythm of the market.

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