Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America /

Amid the nineteenth-century's waning faith in God's providence, Americans increasingly confronted unanticipated challenges to their independence and security in the boom and bust chance-world of capitalism. Freaks of Fortune is one of the first books to excavate the historical origins of o...

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Main Author:	Levy, Jonathan, 1978-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 Cambridge, Mass. : 2012
Subjects:	1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century Capitalism > United States > History > 19th century Risk > Sociological aspects > History > 19th century Risk-taking (Psychology) > United States > History > 19th century Capitalism Economic conditions Economic history History Kapitalismus Risiko Risk > Sociological aspects Risk-taking (Psychology) Social conditions Social history Wirtschaft United States > Economic conditions > 19th century United States > Social conditions > 19th century USA United States

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