Freaks of fortune [electronic resource] : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America / Jonathan Levy.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (414 p.)ISBN: - 9780674067202 (electronic bk.)
- 0674067207 (electronic bk.)
- Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Risk -- Sociological aspects -- History -- 19th century
- Risk-taking (Psychology) -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise
- 330.12/2097309034 23
- HC105 .L48 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The assumption of risk -- The perils of the seas -- The actuarial science of freedom -- The failure of the freedman's bank -- Betting the farm -- Fraternity in the age of capital -- Trading the future -- The trust question.
Description based on print version record.