The Resource Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s, Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton, (electronic resource)
Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s, Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton, (electronic resource)
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The item Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s, Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "In August 1971 President Nixon announced the suspension of the convertibility of the dollar in a live speech televised to the nation. The dramatic announcement ended the Bretton Woods agreement that had been the bedrock of the post-war economic settlement. The value of the dollar was no longer guaranteed by the gold secured in Fort Knox but by the market's perceptions of its worth in relation to other currencies. The promise to the international monetary communities, that 35 dollars could be exchanged for an ounce of gold, was to be treated as if it had simply never existed. The moment is now a familiar one, it is routinely cited as the origin of a set of radical changes in post-war economics and culture. In the baldest of terms paper appeared to supersede gold, abstraction to supersede materiality, perception to supersede the real, the volatile and short-term desires of markets to supersede the long-term planning of sovereign states"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Contents
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- Introduction : Money in the Disciplines ; Postmodern Times: E.L Doctorow's Ragtime
- Chapter 1. No Place Like Home: The Cultures of American Credit
- Chapter 2. Don DeLillo and American Credit
- Chapter 3. William Gaddis and Corporate Credit
- Chapter 4. When Women Counted: Feminism, Fiction and the Money Economy
- Chapter 5. Toni Morrison and The Promise to Pay
- Chapter 6. Dorothy's Endless Return: Sacrifice and Gender in the novels of Thomas Pynchon
- Isbn
- 9781108836470
- Label
- Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s
- Title
- Credit culture
- Title remainder
- the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton
- Title variation
- Politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In August 1971 President Nixon announced the suspension of the convertibility of the dollar in a live speech televised to the nation. The dramatic announcement ended the Bretton Woods agreement that had been the bedrock of the post-war economic settlement. The value of the dollar was no longer guaranteed by the gold secured in Fort Knox but by the market's perceptions of its worth in relation to other currencies. The promise to the international monetary communities, that 35 dollars could be exchanged for an ounce of gold, was to be treated as if it had simply never existed. The moment is now a familiar one, it is routinely cited as the origin of a set of radical changes in post-war economics and culture. In the baldest of terms paper appeared to supersede gold, abstraction to supersede materiality, perception to supersede the real, the volatile and short-term desires of markets to supersede the long-term planning of sovereign states"--
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- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marsh, Nicky
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American fiction
- Money in literature
- Finance in literature
- Politics in literature
- Economics and literature
- Politics and literature
- Label
- Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s, Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction : Money in the Disciplines ; Postmodern Times: E.L Doctorow's Ragtime -- Chapter 1. No Place Like Home: The Cultures of American Credit -- Chapter 2. Don DeLillo and American Credit -- Chapter 3. William Gaddis and Corporate Credit -- Chapter 4. When Women Counted: Feminism, Fiction and the Money Economy -- Chapter 5. Toni Morrison and The Promise to Pay -- Chapter 6. Dorothy's Endless Return: Sacrifice and Gender in the novels of Thomas Pynchon
- Control code
- ssj0002309565
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781108836470
- Lccn
- 2019058886
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002309565
- Label
- Credit culture : the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s, Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction : Money in the Disciplines ; Postmodern Times: E.L Doctorow's Ragtime -- Chapter 1. No Place Like Home: The Cultures of American Credit -- Chapter 2. Don DeLillo and American Credit -- Chapter 3. William Gaddis and Corporate Credit -- Chapter 4. When Women Counted: Feminism, Fiction and the Money Economy -- Chapter 5. Toni Morrison and The Promise to Pay -- Chapter 6. Dorothy's Endless Return: Sacrifice and Gender in the novels of Thomas Pynchon
- Control code
- ssj0002309565
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781108836470
- Lccn
- 2019058886
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002309565
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