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Autore |
Christophers Brett <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Banking across boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : placing finance in capitalism / / Brett Christophers |
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Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-29549-8 |
1-299-15905-2 |
1-118-29551-X |
1-118-29550-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Finance |
Banks and banking |
Banks and banking, International |
International finance |
Capitalism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The birth of economic productiveness -- Instrumental internationalism -- Enclosing the unproductive -- America, and boundaries breached -- Layering the logics of free trade in banking -- Anaemic geographies of productive finance. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity. An original contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked by the current economic crisis Offers a unique perspective on the geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking industryCombines theoretical approache |
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