TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy,Jonathan
TI  - Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America
SN  - 9780674067202
AV  - HC105 
U1  - 330.122097309034 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Capitalism-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Risk-Sociological aspects-History-19th century
KW  - Risk-taking (Psychology)-United States-History-19th century
KW  - United States-Economic conditions-19th century
KW  - United States-Social conditions-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Voyage -- 1. The Assumption of Risk -- 2. The Perils of the Seas -- 3. The Actuarial Science of Freedom -- 4. The Failure of the Freedman's Bank -- 5. Betting the Farm -- 6. Fraternity in the Age of Capital -- 7. Trading the Future -- 8. The Trust Question -- Epilogue: Freaks of Fortune -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - Until the nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future
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