Conservatives versus wildcats : a sociology of financial conflict / Simone Polillo.

For decades, the banking industry seemed to be a Swiss watch, quietly ticking along. But the recent financial crisis hints at the true nature of this sector. As Simone Polillo reveals in Conservatives Versus Wildcats, conflict is a driving force. Conservative bankers strive to control money by allyi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polillo, Simone, 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 ocn849246161
003 OCoLC
005 20240909213021.0
006 m o d
007 cr |n|||||||||
008 130617s2013 cau ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a YDXCP  |b eng  |e pn  |c YDXCP  |d OCLCO  |d MHW  |d DEBSZ  |d E7B  |d N$T  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d STBDS  |d AGLDB  |d OCLCQ  |d MOR  |d CCO  |d PIFPO  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d U3W  |d OCLCF  |d STF  |d VNS  |d WRM  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d VTS  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d INT  |d VT2  |d OCLCQ  |d WYU  |d OCLCQ  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d M8D  |d HS0  |d JSTOR  |d UKCRE  |d BOL  |d NLE  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ 
019 |a 880910116  |a 961606042  |a 962580872  |a 988533851  |a 991977988  |a 1037752239  |a 1038664504  |a 1045515727  |a 1114362713  |a 1153559704 
020 |a 0804785554  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780804785556  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 9780804785099  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 0804785090  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
024 8 |a 40022187237 
035 |a (OCoLC)849246161  |z (OCoLC)880910116  |z (OCoLC)961606042  |z (OCoLC)962580872  |z (OCoLC)988533851  |z (OCoLC)991977988  |z (OCoLC)1037752239  |z (OCoLC)1038664504  |z (OCoLC)1045515727  |z (OCoLC)1114362713  |z (OCoLC)1153559704 
037 |a 22573/ctvqrrgd0  |b JSTOR 
043 |a n-us---  |a e-it--- 
050 4 |a HG1601  |b .P65 2013 
072 7 |a POL  |x 038000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SOC  |x 002010  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a SOC  |x 022000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a BUS  |x 004000  |2 bisacsh 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a Polillo, Simone,  |d 1978-  |e author.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMHKtfTTdpycjDq7mVYGd 
245 1 0 |a Conservatives versus wildcats :  |b a sociology of financial conflict /  |c Simone Polillo. 
264 1 |a Stanford, California :  |b Stanford University Press,  |c [2013] 
300 |a 1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
340 |g polychrome.  |2 rdacc  |0 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 
347 |a text file  |2 rdaft  |0 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/fileType/1002 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index. 
505 0 |a Money, banks, and creditworthiness : three myths? -- Banking and finance as organized conflict -- Institutions and the struggle over creditworthiness in 19th-century United States -- Wildcats, reputations, and the formation of the Federal Reserve -- Italian elites and the centralization of creditworthiness -- Italian creditworthiness : from central to national. 
520 |a For decades, the banking industry seemed to be a Swiss watch, quietly ticking along. But the recent financial crisis hints at the true nature of this sector. As Simone Polillo reveals in Conservatives Versus Wildcats, conflict is a driving force. Conservative bankers strive to control money by allying themselves with political elites to restrict access to credit. Barriers to credit create social resistance, so rival bankers-wildcats-attempt to subvert the status quo by using money as a tool for breaking existing boundaries. For instance, wildcats may increase the circulatio. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
650 0 |a Banks and banking  |x Social aspects  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Credit  |x Social aspects  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Finance  |x Social aspects  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Banks and banking  |x Social aspects  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Banks and banking  |x Social aspects  |z Italy  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 7 |a POLITICAL SCIENCE  |x Public Policy  |x Cultural Policy.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE  |x Anthropology  |x Cultural.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE  |x Popular Culture.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Banks & Banking.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Banks and banking  |x Social aspects  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Italy  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvd8mVMcRhwVmbtcqCPcP 
651 7 |a United States  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 
648 7 |a 1800-1899  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Case studies  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Case studies.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Études de cas.  |2 rvmgf 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |z 9780804785099  |z 0804785090  |w (DLC) 2012033970 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1191607  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD