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Freaks of fortune: the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America

Jonathan Levy 2014 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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  • 9780674047488 (hardcover)
  • 9780674067202 (ebook)
  • 9780674736351 (paper)
Subject
  • American: General & Multiperiod
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • Prologue: Voyage (page 1)
  • 1. The Assumption of Risk (page 7)
  • 2. The Perils of the Seas (page 21)
  • 3. The Actuarial Science of Freedom (page 60)
  • 4. The Failure of the Freedman's Bank (page 104)
  • 5. Betting the Farm (page 150)
  • 6. Fraternity in the Age of Capital (page 191)
  • 7. Trading the Future (page 231)
  • 8. The Trust Question (page 264)
  • Epilogue: Freaks of Fortune (page 308)
  • Appendix (page 319)
  • Notes (page 325)
  • Acknowledgments (page 395)
  • Index (page 399)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JIH 44.2 (Autumn. 2013): 273-274 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/517344
JCWE 4,1 (Mar. 2014): 114-116 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/536927
JSocH 48.2 (Winter. 2014): 450-452 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/565724
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