Alborn, Timothy L.,  1964- <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Regulated Lives explores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442697348 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Life insurance--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Life insurance--History--Great Britain--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG9057  / .R448 2009