In the Market: The Illustrated History of the Financial Markets

by Christopher Finch

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The impact of capital markets on every aspect of business and daily life at the dawn of the 21st century - and how those markets have evolved since antiquity - is explored in this illustrated volume. A chronological narrative explains the origins of market economies in the ancient world, tracing the evolution of markets from the Greek agora and medieval fairs to the first joint stock companies, and detailing the rise of today's commodity and financial markets. Accompanying this text are 17 highly visual features; each is devoted to a type of market transaction, from "cash on the barrelhead" to the most sophisticated speculation in derivatives. These features take the reader from the world of bartering to those of the commodity trader, government finance, and business investments in industries ranging from transportation to entertainment, aerospace, and the Internet. The illustrations emphasize the financial market's practical and profound effects on businesses' and workers' production of goods and services. Also included are 100 biographies of men and women who have reshaped the international marketplace, from John Jacob Astor to Victoria Claflin Woodhall.

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Concise but a Big Book, 2005-08-23
This book covers the market in the broadest, widest sense. The authors have collected illustrations on every conceivable market from camel caravans crossing the Sahara to the latest scenes on Wall Street. You don't think of a coffee table picture book as having the world's financial markets as a suitable subject, but that's what this is.

The book goes back a few thousand years and covers the basic development of trade that began in the fertile cresent. Major epochs since then are given chapters. These include the depression, the wars, OPEC and so on.

As big as the book is, 350 pages, 10 x 12 inches and six pounds in weight, I'm reluctant to use the term 'concise history.' But's that's really what it is. The book, both because of its illustrations and it writing is very good, it's enjoyable reading, much better than what you would expect to find in the usual coffee table book.

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