At 02:22 p.m. 21/05/02 -0700, you wrote: >I am an American Literature professor at the University of Wisconsin, >Madison. I'm currently at work on a book about American fiction and >financial panics between 1880 and 1913 (a revision of my Berkeley >dissertation). At the moment, I'm examining the anxieties a number of >late-19th.-c American economic observers had about the economic effects >of reading and writing, and I'm trying to understand the pre-history of >these anxieties. I'm interested in these observers' belief that certain >kinds of reading were economically salutary and certain kinds of reading >were economically dangerous. Specifically, I'm interested in the role >they saw certain kinds of reading and writing playing in the production >(or prevention) of economic crises. > > >David Zimmerman [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >My question: Could you point me to any comments made by 18th-century or >early 19th-century economic observers in Britain or America about the >economic effects of writing and reading (or certain kinds of writing and >reading, or specific texts)? Do you know of any scholary discussions of >the role reading and writing played in the production (or prevention) of >economic crises, or any studies of 18th-c. or 19th-c. discussions of >this role? I'm interested in examining in some depth why these observers >thought certain types of books (fiction, for example, or certain popular >pamphlets, or specific economic texts) would help provoke financial and >commercial crises. > > > >Whom else might I contact for more on this? > > > >Thank you, as always, for your help. I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > >Best, > > > >David Zimmerman > > >-- > >Michael Perelman >Economics Department >California State University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Chico, CA 95929 >530-898-5321 >fax 530-898-5901
NProf. Zimmerman, I guess it would be of some help to your project to have a look to John K. Galbraith's "A short history of Financial Crises"; also to Paul Warburg´s memoirs and Bagehot's writings other than his "Lombard Street". Best Ignacio
