Money at Work On the Job with Priests, Poker Players and Hedge Fund Traders

Name: Money at Work On the Job with Priests, Poker Players and Hedge Fund Traders
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ISBN: 9780814720806

ISBN-10: 0814720803

ISBN-13: 9780814720806

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kevin J. Delaney

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The dramatic impact of Islamic fundamentalism in recent years has skewed our image of Islamic history and culture. Stereotypes depict Islamic societies as economically backward, hyper-patriarchal, and fanatically religious. But in fact, the Islamic world encompasses a great diversity of cultures and a great deal of variation within those cultures in terms of gender roles and sexuality.The first collection on this topic from a historical and anthropological perspective, Homosexuality in the Muslim World reveals that patterns of male and female homosexuality have existed and often flourished within the Islamic world. Indeed, same-sex relations have, until quite recently, been much more…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 7/16/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Kevin J. Delaney is Professor of Sociology and Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and author of Strategic Bankruptcy and Public Dollars, Private Stadiums.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Thinking about Money



Money at Work



Risk and Reward: Hedge Fund Traders and Poker Players



When Time Is Money: Commission Salespeople and Sports and Entertainment Agents



Other Peoples Money: Fund Raisers and Grant Givers



Advice and Counsel: Investment Advisors and Debt Counselors



Sacred and Profane: Religious Clergy



Testing Limits: Experimenting with Currency Prices, and Salaries



Money Cultures at Work and Beyond


Methodological Appendix


Notes


References


Index


About the Author