1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000514740403321

Autore

Luenberger, David G.

Titolo

Introduction to dynamic systems : theory, models, and applications / David G. Luenberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.] : John Wiley & Sons, c1979

ISBN

0-471-02594-1

Descrizione fisica

446 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

629.831 2

003

Locazione

FINBC

SC1

DININ

DINEL

Collocazione

13 F 64 35

13 N 33 11

003-LUE-1

05 NE 1847

10 D III 654

10 D III 417

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464190503321

Autore

Marsh Nicky

Titolo

Money, speculation and finance in contemporary British fiction / / Nicky Marsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-4411-5384-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

Continuum literary studies series

Disciplina

823/.914093553

Soggetti

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Money in literature

Finance in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

'Kiss, kiss, bang, bang' : money and the thriller -- Sound money : Thatcher, gender and the state -- Bang, boom, bust : the fortune of the city -- Rogue traders : popular fiction and the professional -- Women, work and risk.

Sommario/riassunto

Fiction has become increasingly concerned with the political and imaginative significance of finance, speculation and the money markets - from Ian Fleming''s Goldfinger to Jonathan Coe''s What a Carve Up and Martin Amis'' Money. This book argues that recent British fiction demystifies the ''weightless'' economy of contemporary money and critiques the popular sense of money as being everywhere but nowhere. The monograph provides a comprehensive survey of a large body of fictional texts that have striven to represent and understand the formative significance of finance capital on contemporary cu