Genres of the Credit Economy

Genres of the Credit Economy
Author: Mary Poovey
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2008-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226675327

Banking, borrowing, investing, and even losing money - in other words, participating in the modern financial system - seem like routine activities of everyday life. This book looks at how this came to be the case by examining the history of financial instruments and representations of finance in 18th and 19th century Britain.