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Regulated Lives : Life Insurance and British Society, 1800-1914.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2009Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2009Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (452 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442697348
Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 368.32/0094109034
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Innehåll:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Appendix 3 Life Insurance Offices' Investments, 1871-1910 -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Sammanfattning: Regulated Livesexplores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Appendix 3 Life Insurance Offices' Investments, 1871-1910 -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Regulated Livesexplores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.

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