Until the early nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future. Focusing on ...(展开全部)

Until the early nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future. Focusing on ...(展开全部)

米希尔·A.德赛（Mihir A.Desai） 现任教于哈佛商学院与哈佛法学院，主要教授金融、税法和创业等课程，同时还为哈佛在线教学的HBX平台开发在线金融课程。其在企业金融、国际金融和税收政策方面拥有扎实的专业素养，曾数次受邀至美国国会参加听证会，在全球多家大型企业和组织担任咨询顾问。

米希尔·A.德赛（Mihir A.Desai） 现任教于哈佛商学院与哈佛法学院，主要教授金融、税法和创业等课程，同时还为哈佛在线教学的HBX平台开发在线金融课程。其在企业金融、国际金融和税收政策方面拥有扎实的专业素养，曾数次受邀至美国国会参加听证会，在全球多家大型企业和组织担任咨询顾问。

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century. Dolin shows how the fur trade sparked controversy, fostered economic competition and fuelled wars among the European powers.

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century. Dolin shows how the fur trade sparked controversy, fostered economic competition and fuelled wars among the European powers.

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century. Dolin shows how the fur trade sparked controversy, fostered economic competition and fuelled wars among the European powers.

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century. Dolin shows how the fur trade sparked controversy, fostered economic competition and fuelled wars among the European powers.

Under the weathered skies of America's heartland, and in the wounded hearts of every family in one tiny rural town, a terrible secret has been kept for too many years. Now, a young boy named Trevor must try to keep his younger brother Will from falling victim to the worst fears of a troubled town that can't begin to understand the tragic secret that binds its families together....(展开全部)

Under the weathered skies of America's heartland, and in the wounded hearts of every family in one tiny rural town, a terrible secret has been kept for too many years. Now, a young boy named Trevor must try to keep his younger brother Will from falling victim to the worst fears of a troubled town that can't begin to understand the tragic secret that binds its families together....(展开全部)