詳細資料ISBN:9780765682246 規格:精裝 / 23.5 X 36.2 X 8.3 CM / 普通級 內容簡介THE TOPIC OF ECONOMIC CYCLES IS HOT, OF COURSE, AND IN FOCUSING ON THIS CRITICAL ASPECT OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, THIS REFERENCE OFFERS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A GENERAL ECONOMICS TEXT. EDITOR CIMENT, IDENTIFIED AS AN INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, IS THE AUTHOR OF THE THREE INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS DISCUSSING PRE-20TH-CENTURY EVENTS, THE 20TH- AND 21ST-CENTURIES, AND CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF BOOMS AND BUSTS. HE ALSO WROTE OR CO-WROTE MANY OF THE 360 ENTRIES, ALTHOUGH HE DOES CREDIT ABOUT 100 LISTED CONTRIBUTORS. THE ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, SIGNED ENTRIES, WRITTEN IN A CLEAR STYLE ACCESSIBLE TO GENERAL READERS AS WELL AS STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND ABOVE, ARE PRESENTED IN THREE VOLUMES, EACH ABOUT 300 PAGES LONG--SO THEY'RE NOT TOO HEFTY TO LOOK FRIENDLY. A "TOPIC FINDER" LISTING IN THE FRONT MATTER OF THE FIRST VOLUME GROUPS ENTRIES ACCORDING TO THEMES INCLUDING BANKS, BROKERAGE HOUSES, FINANCIAL FIRMS (SUCH AS AIG, BANK OF AMERICA, CITIGROUP); TYPES OF BUBBLES, CRISES, AND CYCLES; ECONOMIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS; ECONOMISTS, FINANCIERS, AND POLICY MAKERS; FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS; GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS; NATIONS, REGIONS, ECONOMIC BLOCS; PUBLIC POLICIES, LAWS; AND SOCIAL ISSUES AND FACTORS. THE THIRD VOLUME CONTAINS A GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY (NOT CLASSIFIED), AND THE INDEXING. ANNOTATION 穢2010 BOOK NEWS, INC., PORTLAND, OR (BOOKNEWS.COM) |