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White-Collar Crime in Modern England : Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845 1929

by George Robb

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In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous... Read more
In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals. Less

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File size9x6.12x0.67inches
Print pages264
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date July 1, 2002
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521526128
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George Robb
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George Robb is Professor of History at William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA....

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