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Playing the market retail investment and speculation in twentieth-century Britain /
Nowhere in Europe are people more likely to enjoy a regular flutter in stocks and shares than in Britain. Whether we consider the millions of online stockbroking accounts or the billions spent on spread betting - it is a national pastime in today's Britain to play the markets. How did this dist...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (288 pages). |
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| Online Access: | Oxford scholarship online - Click here for access |
| Summary: | Nowhere in Europe are people more likely to enjoy a regular flutter in stocks and shares than in Britain. Whether we consider the millions of online stockbroking accounts or the billions spent on spread betting - it is a national pastime in today's Britain to play the markets. How did this distinctively British obsession with investment and speculation come about? 'Playing the Market' tells this story by exploring the history of financial capitalism in Britain during the twentieth century from below. It explains how and why everyday British people increasingly invested, speculated, and gambled in stocks and shares from the outbreak of World War I, over the postwar decades and the Thatcher years, up until the premiership of Tony Blair. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
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Specialized. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (288 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191896439 (ebook) : |