Trust : a history /

Today there is much talk of a 'crisis of trust,' a crisis which is almost certainly genuine, but usually misunderstood. Trust: A History offers a new perspective on the ways in which trust and distrust have functioned in past societies, providing an empirical and historical basis against w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hosking, Geoffrey A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Land of maximum distrust: the Soviet Union in the 1930s
  • The coconut tree: the ups and downs of trust
  • Godly homelands: trust in religion
  • Money: creator and destroyer of trust
  • Promised lands: nations and symbols of trust
  • God and Mammon: trust in the modern world
  • Why trust the nation-state?
  • The lessons of studying trust.