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432 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674736351
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 24 November 2014
Description
Until the early nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high se...
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432 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674736351
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 24 November 2014
Description
Until the early nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high se...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings