Downward Mobility by Katherine Binhammer PAPERBACK 9781421437613

Name: Downward Mobility by Katherine Binhammer PAPERBACK 9781421437613
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press

Downward Mobility\nby Katherine Binhammer\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Katherine Binhammer\nTitle: Downward Mobility\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary theory\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781421437613\nISBN-10: 1421437619\nRRP: \u00A330.50\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHow do the stories we tell about money shape our economies?Beginning in the late eighteenth century, as constant growth became the economic norm throughout Europe, fictional stories involving money were overwhelmingly about loss. Novel after novel tells the tale of bankruptcy and financial failure, of people losing everything and ending up in debtor's prison, of inheritances lost and daught.