Investing in Life
Insurance in Antebellum America
Investing in Life considers the creation and expansion of the American life insurance industry from its early origins in the 1810s through the 1860s and examines how its growth paralleled and influenced the emergence of the middle class.Using the economic instability of the period as her backdrop, Sharon Ann Murphy also analyzes changing roles for women; the attempts to adapt slavery to an urban, industrialized setting; the rise of statistical thinking; and efforts to regulate the business environment. Her research directly challenges the conclusions of previous scholars who have dismissed the importance of the earliest industry innovators wh…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8018-9624-8
- EAN: 9780801896248
- Produktnummer: 7481577
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B16.2 cm x D3.1 cm 692 g
- Abbildungen: 1 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white
- Gewicht: 692
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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