Regulated lives : life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / / Timothy Alborn
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| Autore: |
Alborn Timothy L. <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Regulated lives : life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / / Timothy Alborn
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-9734-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791660003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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