McFall, Liz and Dodsworth, Francis
(2009).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2009.01341.x |
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Abstract
The market for life assurance did not emerge "naturally" from a particular problem of the allocation of resources, it had to be made. Life insurance had to appear desirable and reliable. This involved the circulation of a variety of advertising media, one aspect of which was the fabrication of grand offices as headquarters for life assurance companies. These buildings and their widely-circulated images were part of a process of making life assurance appear prudent and proper, but more importantly secure. Through this fabrication of the liberal market, the City of London was transformed into a centre of commerce and finance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2009 The Authors |
| ISSN: | 1467-6443 |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) |
| Item ID: | 17365 |
| Depositing User: | Users 9 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2009 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2017 15:41 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/17365 |
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