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Author |
: Jyotsna Kapur |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 213 |
Release |
: 2005-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813537689 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813537681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Coining for Capital by : Jyotsna Kapur
Since the 1980s, a peculiar paradox has evolved in American film. Hollywood’s children have grown up, and the adults are looking and behaving more and more like children. In popular films such as Harry Potter, Toy Story, Pocahantas, Home Alone, and Jumanji, it is the children who are clever, savvy, and self-sufficient while the adults are often portrayed as bumbling and ineffective. Is this transformation of children into "little adults" an invention of Hollywood or a product of changing cultural definitions more broadly? In Coining for Capital, Jyostna Kapur explores the evolution of the concept of childhood from its portrayal in the eighteenth century as a pure, innocent, and idyllic state—the opposite of adulthood—to its expression today as a mere variation of adulthood, complete with characteristics of sophistication, temptation, and corruption. Kapur argues that this change in definition is not a media effect, but rather a structural feature of a deeply consumer-driven society. Providing a new and timely perspective on the current widespread alarm over the loss of childhood, Coining for Capital concludes that our present moment is in fact one of hope and despair. As children are fortunately shedding false definitions of proscribed innocence both in film and in life, they must now also learn to navigate a deeply inequitable, antagonistic, and consumer-driven society of which they are both a part and a target.
Author |
: Katharina Pistor |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2020-11-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691208602 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691208603 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Code of Capital by : Katharina Pistor
"Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and why this little-known fact is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. In this revealing book, Katharina Pistor argues that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth. With the right legal coding, any object, claim, or idea can be turned into capital - and lawyers are the keepers of the code. Pistor describes how they pick and choose among different legal systems and legal devices for the ones that best serve their clients' needs, and how techniques that were first perfected centuries ago to code landholdings as capital are being used today to code stocks, bonds, ideas, and even expectations--assets that exist only in law. A powerful new way of thinking about one of the most pernicious problems of our time, The Code of Capital explores the different ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are coded to give financial advantage to their holders. This provocative book paints a troubling portrait of the pervasive global nature of the code, the people who shape it, and the governments that enforce it."--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Marvin Aleksov with |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2015-03-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1320880703 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781320880701 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rosland Capital Guide to Gold by : Marvin Aleksov with
Author |
: United States |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 1968 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B4177355 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Laws Authorizing Issuance of Medals and Commemorative Coins by : United States
Author |
: Spink & Son |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1900 |
ISBN-10 |
: PRNC:32101048441560 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative & War Medals, Books & Cabinets by : Spink & Son
Author |
: Natal (South Africa). Audit Office |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 920 |
Release |
: 1925 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112081951664 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Finance accounts by : Natal (South Africa). Audit Office
Author |
: Great Britain. Indian Currency Committee, 1893 |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 834 |
Release |
: 1893 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044081941650 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Indian Currency by : Great Britain. Indian Currency Committee, 1893
Author |
: Henry Noel Humphreys |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 1853 |
ISBN-10 |
: KBNL:KBNL03000233221 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Coin Collector's Manual by : Henry Noel Humphreys
Author |
: United States. Congress |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1210 |
Release |
: 1838 |
ISBN-10 |
: CHI:31675044 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Congressional Globe by : United States. Congress
Author |
: United States. Internal Revenue Service |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1100 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCLA:L0080672439 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin by : United States. Internal Revenue Service