Regulated lives life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 /
Alborn, Timothy L., 1964-
Regulated lives life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / Timothy Alborn. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xi, 439 pages : illustrations)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Regulated Lives explores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.
9781442697348
Life insurance--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Life insurance--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HG9057 / .R448 2009
Regulated lives life insurance and British society, 1800-1914 / Timothy Alborn. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xi, 439 pages : illustrations)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Regulated Lives explores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.
9781442697348
Life insurance--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Life insurance--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HG9057 / .R448 2009