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  • In the Red and in the Black

    Debt, Dishonor, and the Law in France between Revolutions

    by Erika Vause ...
    "The most dishonorable act that can dishonor a man." Such is Félix Grandet’s unsparing view of bankruptcy, adding that even a highway robber—who at least "risks his own life in attacking you"—is worthier of respect. Indeed, the France of Balzac’s day was an unforgiving place for borrowers. Each year, thousands of debtors found themselves arrested for commercial debts. Those who wished to escape ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • The Cultural Life of Risk and Innovation

    Imagining New Markets from the Seventeenth Century to the Present

    Edited by Chia Yin Hsu, Thomas M. Luckett, Erika Vause ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    How did "innovation" become something to strive for, an end in itself? And how did "the market" come to be thought of as the space of innovation? This edited volume provides the first historical examination of how innovations are conceived, marketed, navigated and legitimated from a global perspective that highlights contrasting experiences. These experiences include: colonial "projecting" in the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Cultural History of Money and Credit

    A Global Perspective

    by Enrico Beltramini, Bryna Goodman, David Hochfelder, Allan Lumba, Mônica Martins, Nicole Mottier, Admire Mseba, Samuel Ostroff, Mischa Suter ...
    In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, historians have turned with renewed urgency to understanding the economic dimension of historical change. In this collection, nine scholars present original research into the historical development of money and credit during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explore the social and cultural significance of financial phenomena from a global ... Read more

    $43.79 USD