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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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| 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.