Modern Investing: Gambling in Disguise
Product DescriptionA beginner's guide to Investing of a different sort. This book is for the novice investor, as well as the crowds of retail investors who feel they need to play “The Money Game.” What passes for investing today is, in... More >> Modern Investing: Gambling in Disguise
The Dow Jones-Irwin guide to modern portfolio theory
The Dow Jones-Irwin guide to modern portfolio theory
Investing In Preferred Stock: An Introduction For Modern Income Investors (2nd Edition)
Product DescriptionPreferred stocks, also known as preferreds, have attracted a lot of attention in recent years, but few investors understand the features, risks, and returns of these intriguing investments. In this revised and updated... More >> Investing In Preferred Stock: An Introduction For Modern Income Investors (2nd Edition)
Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China
Product Description Exotic Commodities is the first book to chart the consumption and spread of foreign goods in China from the mid-nineteenth century to the advent of communism in 1949. Richly illustrated and revealing, this volume recoun... More >> Exotic Commodities: Modern Objects and Everyday Life in China
Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe (Body, Commodity, Text)
Product DescriptionHow do people come to need products they never even knew they wanted? How, for example, did indigenous Zimbabweans of the 1940s begin to believe that they required Lifebuoy soap? Offering a glimpse into the intimate work... More >> Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe (Body, Commodity, Text)