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UNINA9911103174103321 |
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Jewell K. Sue |
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From mammy to Miss America and beyond : cultural images and the shaping of US social policy / / K. Sue Jewell |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993 |
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0-203-22144-3 |
0-203-32446-3 |
1-280-32317-5 |
9780203221440 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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305.48/896073 |
305.48896073 |
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African American women |
United States Social policy 1980-1993 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and indexes. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS |
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How do the mass media contribute to the social and economic advantages of the privileged and the subjection of African American women? Does America really care about providing equal opportunities for African American women? Passionately written and supported with detailed evidence this book shows the deeply rooted abiding cancer of oppression in American society. It reveals the formal and informal ways in which African American women have been exluded from equal participation before and after the time of slavery. It will shock many who complacently believe that America is already a land on e |
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UNINA9911151473703321 |
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Autore |
Wilmott Paul |
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Frequently asked questions in quantitative finance : including key models, important formulae, popular contracts, essays and opinions, a history of quantitative finance, sundry lists, the commonest mistakes in quant finance, brainteasers, plenty of straight-talking, the Modellers ́Manifesto and lots more / / by Paul Wilmott |
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9786612483097 |
9781282483095 |
1282483099 |
9780470685143 |
047068514X |
9780470682753 |
0470682752 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (624 p.) |
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Finance - Mathematical models |
Investments - Mathematical models |
Options (Finance) - Mathematical models |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frequently Asked Questions In Quantitative Finance; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 The Quantitative Finance Timeline; 2 FAQs; 3 The Financial Modelers' Manifesto; 4 Essays; 5 The Commonest Mistakes in Quantitative Finance: A Dozen Basic Lessons in Commonsense for Quants and Risk Managers and the Traders Who Rely on Them; 6 The Most Popular Probability Distributions and Their Uses in Finance; 7 Twelve Different Ways to Derive Black-Scholes; 8 Models and Equations; 9 The Black-Scholes Formulæ and the Greeks; 10 Common Contracts; 11 Popular Quant Books |
12 The Most Popular Search Words and Phrases on Wilmott.com 13 Brainteasers; 14 Paul & Dominic's Guide to Getting a Quant Job; Index |
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Getting agreement between finance theory and finance practice is important like never before. In the last decade the derivatives business has grown to a staggering size, such that the outstanding notional of all contracts is now many multiples of the underlying world economy. No longer are derivatives for helping people control and manage their financial risks from other business and industries, no, it seems that the people are toiling away in the fields to keep the derivatives market afloat! (Apologies for the mixed metaphor!) If you work in derivatives, risk, development, trading, etc. you'd |
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