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Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money

Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money

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Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money

by Buchan, James

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0374159092
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9780374159092
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and in excellent condition. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. Novelist Buchan, a former correspondent for the Financial Times, traces the meaning of money since its beginning. He discusses money in its various formats, emphasizing that money itself is not just an object but "an outcome of a vast mountain of social arrangements." Various scenarios depict the role of money in love, war, religion, and other areas of human culture. Buchan uses many historical and literary works to clarify the perception of money throughout the ages, relying on Aristotle, Columbus, Shakespeare, John Law, Marx, and Keynes, to name a few, in these stimulating discussions. Although he writes in a scholarly style, Buchan his many suspenseful and intriguing passages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Britain/UK; History. ISBN: 0374159092. ISBN/EAN: 9780374159092. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6401. . 9780374159092

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
6401
Title
Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money
Author
Buchan, James
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine Condition
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0374159092
ISBN 13
9780374159092
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1997
Keywords
BZDB137 money, history, economics, business, trade, psychology, culture, Business, Finance & Marketing; Britain/UK; History. ISBN: 0374159092 EAN: 9780374159092 Buchan, James Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money

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