"How did "innovation" become something to strive for, an end in itself? And how did "the market" come to be thought of as the space of innovation? This edited volume provides the first historical examination of how innovations are conceived, marketed, navigated and legitimated from a global...

part 1. Imagining new markets : perils and desires. Dealing with uncertainty : the practice of projecting and the colony of New Netherland, 1609-1664 / Eva Brugger ; Looking for new markets in a time of revolution : the U.S. securities market, 1789-1804 / Niccolò Valmori -- part 2. Navigating...