Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Capitalism and the Boundaries of Finance 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. The Boundaries of Finance in the Sociological Tradition 28
6. CHAPTER TWO. Prestige, at Last: The Social Closure of the Stock Exchange 52
7. CHAPTER THREE. Financial Knowledge and the Science of the Market 82
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Close Up: Price Data, Machines, and Organizational Boundaries 113
9. CHAPTER FIVE. From Afar: Charts and Their Analysts 144
10. CHAPTER SIX. The Kaleidoscope of Finance: Speculation, Economic Life, and Society 172
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. On the Dark Side of the Market 198
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Panic! 213
13. CONCLUSION: Back to the Future 235
14. References 281
15. Index 307