Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations of, money. The period witnessed the consolidation of national currencies and monetary policies as well as the diversification of payment technologies and the proliferation of financial instruments. Throughout, even as it appeared abstracted by finance and depoliticized by expert ideologies, money was revealed again and again to be a powerful medium of cultural imagination and practical inventiveness as well as the site of public and political struggles. Modern money - both as a form of liquidity and as a claim on wealth - remains deeply unsettled, caught between private and public interests and subject to epic struggles over the infrastructures of value creation and circulation and their distributional consequences. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in the Modern Age presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age.
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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface, Bill Maurer, University of California Irvine, USA Introduction: Money - Cultural, Historical, Modern, Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute, USA and David Pedersen, University of California, San Diego, USA 1. Money and its Technologies: Making Money Move in the Modern Era, Lana Swartz, University of Virginia, USA and David L. Stearns, University of Washington, USA 2. Money and its Ideas: Between Technocracy and Democracy, Michael Beggs, University of Sydney, Australia 3. Money, Ritual, and Religion: The Horror of It (the Prosperity Gospel and the Myth of Deterritorialization), Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh, UK 4. Money and the Everyday: Instability and Inventiveness in the Modern Age, Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute, USA and Jane I. Guyer, Johns Hopkins University, USA 5. Money, Art, and Representation: Six Artists, Two Crises (1973, 2008), Max Haiven, Lakehead University, Canada 6. Money and its Interpretation: The Future of Money in Speculative Fiction, Sherryl Vint, University of California, Riverside, USA 7. Money and the Issues of the Age: The Nature of Money and Post-Crisis Proposals for Reform, Yeva Nersisyan, Franklin and Marshall College, USA and L. Randall Wray, Bard College, USA Notes Bibliography Index
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A thematic overview of the role and impact of money on society and culture in the Modern era.
A comprehensive survey of money in the modern era covering the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the period
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity- The Medieval Age- The Renaissance- The Age of Enlightenment- The Age of Empire- The Modern AgeThe subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).PRAISE FOR THE SERIESA Cultural History of Dress and FashionâIntriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.âCHOICEA Cultural History of Fairy TalesâA comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.âCHOICEA Cultural History of HairâA thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.âTimes Literary SupplementA Cultural History of LawâThese introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.âLaw & LiteratureA Cultural History of PeaceâThe set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.âCHOICEA Cultural History of TheatreâAll six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.âCHOICEA Cultural History of TragedyâA highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.âLondon Review of BooksA Cultural History of Western EmpiresâStudents seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.âCHOICEA Cultural History of Workâ[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, womenâs studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.âAmerican Reference Books Annual
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350366497
Publisert
2023-01-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
U, 05
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
280
Biographical note
Taylor C. Nelms is the Managing Director of Research at the Filene Research Institute, USA.
David Pedersen is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, USA.