1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697197203321

Titolo

NASA Glenn Research Center program in high power density motors for aeropropulsion [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald V. Brown ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (21 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA TM- ; ; 2005-213800

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownGerald V

Soggetti

Cryogenic cooling

Electric motors

Propulsion

Current density

Transport aircraft

NASA programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on July 20, 2010).

"December 2005."

"ARL-MR-0628."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-21).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953206203321

Autore

Finel-Honigman Irene

Titolo

A cultural history of finance / / Irene Finel-Honigman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-23850-2

1-135-23851-0

1-282-37716-7

9786612377167

0-203-86661-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history  A cultural history of finance

Disciplina

332.09

Soggetti

Finance - History

Capitalism - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Dead gages, naked debentures; 2 Myths, stigmas and morality of "dirty sexy money"; 3 Metamorphosis: Materialism to capitalism; 4 World bankers: Ambivalences of modernity; 5 Capitalism is dead, long live capitalism?; 6 American financial culture: Myths and models of American capitalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The world of finance is again undergoing crisis and transformation. This book provides a new perspective on finance through the prism of popular and formal culture and examines fascination and repulsion toward money, the role of governments and individuals in financial crises and how the Crisis of 2008, like others since 1720, repeat the same patterns of enthusiasm, greed, culpability, revulsion, reform and recovery. The book explores the political and socio-economic factors which determine fallibility and resilience in financial cultures, periods of crisis, transition and recovery b