Edward J. Balleisen, 2009–2010 | National Humanities Center

Edward J. Balleisen (NHC Fellow, 2009–10)

Project Title

Suckers, Swindlers, and an Ambivalent State: A History of Commercial Fraud in America

Duke University

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Fellowship Work Summary, 2009–10

Edward J. Balleisen drafted a substantial portion of his book Swindlers, Suckers, and an Ambivalent State: A History of Business Fraud in America.

Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

The Crash of 1929

The Business of America and the Consumer Economy of the 1920s

Suckers and Swindlers: Business Fraud in the History of American Capitalism

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