Title Men, women, and money : perspectives on gender, wealth, and investment 1850-1930 / edited by David R. Green [and others]

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : illustrations Contents Men, women, and money : an introduction / David R. Green [and others] -- The wealth structure of Britain in 1809-39, 1860-1, and 1906 / William D. Rubinstein -- Assets of the dead : wealth, investment and modernity in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England and Wales / David R. Green [and others] -- They lived and saved : examining the savings motives of shopkeepers in late nineteenth-century Britain / Mary Beth Combs -- Colonial sisters and their wealth : the wealth holdings of women in south Australia, 1875-1915 / Martin Shanahan -- Wealth and gender in Ontario : 1870-1930 / Livio Di Matteo -- Gamblers, fools, victims or wizards? : the British investor in the public mind, 1850-1930 / Ranald C. Michie -- The evidence for 'democratization' of share ownership in Great Britain in the early twentieth century / Josephine Maltby [and others] -- Shareholder liability, risk aversion, and investment returns in nineteenth-century British banking / Graeme G. Acheson and John D. Turner -- The shareholders' 'dog' that did not bark : contested takeover bids in long-run comparative perspective / Leslie Hannah -- Wealth, investment, and global finance : international financial centres, 1870-1930 / Youssef Cassis Summary There has been considerable research into the growth of limited companies in Great Britain in the 19th century, but not much is known about their investors, both men and women. This interdisciplinary book, based on new research, investigates the identity and behaviour of these investors Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and index Notes Print version record Subject Wealth -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Wealth -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Capitalists and financiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Capitalists and financiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women capitalists and financiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women capitalists and financiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General. Capitalists and financiers Wealth Women capitalists and financiers Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Green, David R., 1954- ISBN 9780191618192 0191618195

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