Credit culture the politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s Politics of money in the American Novel of the 1970s Marsh, Nicky creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. enk 2020 2020 monographic eng print x, 209 pages ; 24 cm "In August 1971 President Nixon announced the suspension of the convertibility of the dollar in a live speech televised to the nation. The dramatic announcement ended the Bretton Woods agreement that had been the bedrock of the post-war economic settlement. The value of the dollar was no longer guaranteed by the gold secured in Fort Knox but by the market's perceptions of its worth in relation to other currencies. The promise to the international monetary communities, that 35 dollars could be exchanged for an ounce of gold, was to be treated as if it had simply never existed. The moment is now a familiar one, it is routinely cited as the origin of a set of radical changes in post-war economics and culture. In the baldest of terms paper appeared to supersede gold, abstraction to supersede materiality, perception to supersede the real, the volatile and short-term desires of markets to supersede the long-term planning of sovereign states"-- Introduction : Money in the Disciplines ; Postmodern Times: E.L Doctorow's Ragtime -- Chapter 1. No Place Like Home: The Cultures of American Credit -- Chapter 2. Don DeLillo and American Credit -- Chapter 3. William Gaddis and Corporate Credit -- Chapter 4. When Women Counted: Feminism, Fiction and the Money Economy -- Chapter 5. Toni Morrison and The Promise to Pay -- Chapter 6. Dorothy's Endless Return: Sacrifice and Gender in the novels of Thomas Pynchon. Nicky Marsh, Univesity of Southampton. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- American fiction 20th century History and criticism Money in literature Finance in literature Politics in literature Economics and literature United States History 20th century Politics and literature United States History 20th century American fiction Economics and literature Finance in literature Money in literature Politics and literature Politics in literature United States 1900-1999 fast PS374.M54 M37 2020 813/.54093553 9781108836470 110883647X 9781108819107 2019058886 pda,print DLC 200114 20250318215527.2 in00004350605 eng