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UNINA9910784106503321 |
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Autore |
Goede Marieke de <1971-> |
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Virtue, fortune, and faith [[electronic resource] ] : a genealogy of finance / / Marieke de Goede |
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Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press |
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[Bristol, : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Finance - History |
Economics - History |
Money - History |
Value - History |
Speculation - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction: Money and Representation; 1. A Genealogy of Finance; 2. Mastering Lady Credit; 3. Finance, Gambling, and Speculation; 4. The Dow Jones Average and the Birth of the Financial Market; 5. Regulation and Risk in Contemporary Markets; 6. Repoliticizing Financial Practices; Conclusion: Objectivity and Irony in the Dot-Com Bubble; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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A cultural history of financial markets from the early eighteenth century to the present day, Virtue, Fortune, and Faith offers a reading of the historical insecurities, debates, and controversies that were purged from nascent credit practices in order to produce the image of today's global financial sphere. Marieke de Goede questions assumptions about international finance's unchallenged position and exposes its ambiguous scientific authority. |
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UNINA9910815845003321 |
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Autore |
Macrakis Kristie |
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Prisoners, lovers, and spies : the story of invisible ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda / / Kristie Macrakis |
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Confidential communications - History |
Invisible inks - History |
Writing, Invisible - History |
Espionage - Equipment and supplies - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-353) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Art of Love and War -- 2. Intrigue and Inquisition -- 3. Confessing Secrets -- 4. Invisible Landscapes -- 5. Revolutionary Ink -- 6. Magic -- 7. The Secret-Ink War -- 8. The United States Enters the Secret-Ink War -- 9. Visible Nazis -- 10. The Mystery of the Microdot -- 11. Invisible Spy Catchers -- 12. Out in the Cold -- 13. Hiding in Porn Sites -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Fun Kitchen Chemistry Experiments (with Jason Lye) -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies is a book about concealing and revealing secret communications. It is the first history of invisible writing, uncovered through stories about scoundrels and heroes. Spies were imprisoned or murdered, adultery unmasked, and battles lost because of faulty or intercepted secret communications. Yet, successfully hidden writing helped save lives, win battles, and ensure privacy; occasionally it even changed the course of history. Kristie Macrakis combines a storyteller's sense of drama with a historian's respect for evidence in this page-turning history of intrigue and espionage, love and war, magic and secrecy. From the piazzas of ancient Rome to the spy capitals of the Cold War, Macrakis's global history reveals the |
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drama and importance of invisible ink. From Ovid's advice to use milk for illicit love notes, to John Gerard's dramatic escape from the tower of London aided by orange juice ink messages, to al-Qaeda's hidden instructions in pornographic movies, this book presents spellbinding stories of secret messaging that chart its evolution in sophistication and its impact on history. An appendix includes fun kitchen chemistry recipes for readers to try out at home. |
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