Betting On Lives
Subtitle: The Culture of Life Insurance in England, 1695-1775 (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: August 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780719056758
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Economic history; Insurance; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Life Insurance; Culture; History; History - General History; History: World; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; Insurance - Life; History / Great Britain
Description: By examining the rise of life insurance institutions in 18th-century England, this book offers fresh insight into the history of a commercial society learning to apply speculative techniques to the management of risk.