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UNINA9910814691703321 |
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Titolo |
Anglo-American life insurance, 1800-1914 / / edited by Timothy Alborn and Sharon Ann Murphy |
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London ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1460 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Life insurance - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Life insurance - United States - History - 19th century |
History |
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Great Britain |
United States |
Grossbritannien |
USA |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Volume 1. What is life insurance?, what should you insure?, selling life insurance to the public -- Volume 2. Running a life insurance company -- Volume 3. Mortality and risk. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries. |
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