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414 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674047488
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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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414 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674047488
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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...