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020 $a9781912554515$qhardcover
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100 1 $aDubin, Nina L.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMeltdown! :$bPicturing the world's first bubble economy /$cNina L. Dubin, Meredith Martin, Madeleine C. Viljoen.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aTurnhout :$bHarvey Miller Publishers, an imprint of Brepols Publishers,$c[2020]
300 $a157 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 x 30 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 00 $gIntroduction.$tModernity begins with a meltdown --$tTimeline of events --$tWelcome to the empire of the imagination! /$rNina L. Dubin --$tCast of characters /$rMeredith Martin, Nina L. Dubin, Madeleine C. Viljoen --$tCollecting in vain : fools, cons, devils, and dupes in 'The Great Mirror of Folly' /$rMadeleine C. Viljoen.
520 8 $aThis book tells two parallel stories: one of the spectacular rise and fall of the world's first bubble economy, and another of the enterprising art industry that chronicled its collapse. The Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles, spawning the invention of French banknotes as well as joint-stock companies built on fantasies of New World trade, imposed on everyday Europeans a crash course in new financial products. In turn, a bubbling print market relentlessly caricatured the meltdown of 1720, offering viewers an entertaining primer on the otherwise bewildering realities of modern economic life. Such satirical works--most notably a Dutch compendium titled 'The Great Mirror of Folly' ('Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid')--helped to demystify the disaster by deploying familiar theatrical characters and tragic-comic motifs. Likening the speculative mania to an infectious disease, and spoofing the 'herd behavior' of a money-crazed public, its prints portrayed malevolent traders, hoodwinked investors, and a chorus of heroes and villains both real and legendary, from the rakish financier John Law to the foolish Harlequin to the goddess Fortuna. Three hundred years later, our current moment offers a uniquely fitting vantage point from which to reconsider the significance of the bubbles and of the artworks that channeled the fears and desires they unleashed.
650 0 $aFinancial crises$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century$vCaricatures and cartoons.
650 0 $aFinancial crises in art.
650 0 $aPrints, European$y18th century$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aPolitical cartoons$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aSouth Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720$vCaricatures and cartoons.
651 0 $aEurope$xEconomic conditions$y18th century.
700 1 $aMartin, Meredith$q(Meredith S.),$eauthor.
700 1 $aViljoen, Madeleine Claire,$d1968-$eauthor.
700 1 $aCalster, P. van$q(Paul),$ebook designer.
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852 00 $boff,fax$hNE962.F56$iD83 2020