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Regulated lives : life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / / Timothy Alborn



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Autore: Alborn Timothy L. <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Regulated lives : life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / / Timothy Alborn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Buffalo, [New York] ; ; Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (452 p.)
Disciplina: 368.32/0094109034
Soggetto topico: Life insurance - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Life insurance - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social conditions 19th century
Great Britain Civilization 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: History
Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Insuring Britain -- 2. Regulated Insurance Offices -- 3. Doing Business -- 4. Death and the Actuary -- 5. Death and the Salesman -- 6. Consuming Interest -- 7. Little Piles of Savings -- 8. Victorian Gatekeeping -- 9. Detecting Deviance -- 10. Dealing with Deviance -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Life Insurance Offices Doing Business in Great Britain, 1800--1914 -- Appendix 2. Occupations of Insurance Agents.
Sommario/riassunto: Regulated Lives explores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.
Titolo autorizzato: Regulated lives  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-9734-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791660003321
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