The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value Book

	Introduction : prizes and the study of culture	1
1	Prize frenzy	17
2	Precursors of the modern cultural prize	28
3	The logic of proliferation	50
4	Prizes as entertainment	69
5	The making of a prize	109
6	Taste management	121
7	Trophies as objects of production and trade	155
8	Scandalous currency	187
9	The new rhetoric of prize commentary	197
10	Strategies of condescension, styles of play	217
11	The arts as international sport	249
12	The new geography of prestige	264
13	Prizes and the politics of world culture	297
App. A	The rise of the prize	323
App. B	Prizes and commerce	329
App. C	Winner take all : six lists	334