Guilty money : the city of London in Victorian and Edwardian culture, 1815-1914

Author(s)

• Michie, R. C.

Bibliographic Information

Guilty money : the city of London in Victorian and Edwardian culture, 1815-1914

by Ranald C. Michie

（Financial history / series editor, Robert E. Wright, no. 9）

Pickering & Chatto, 2009

Note

Bibliography: p. 263-274

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an engaging study of the place occupied by the City of London within British cultural life during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Michie uses both literary and popular novels to examine socio-economic representations during this period.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Capitalism and Culture: 1800-1856
• Chapter 2 Financiers and Merchants, 1856-1870
• Chapter 3 Damnation and Forgiveness, 1870-1885
• Chapter 4 Avarice and Honesty, 1885-1895
• Chapter 5 Gold and Greed, 1895-1900
• Chapter 6 Money and Mansions, 1900-1910
• Chapter 7 Wealth and Power, 1910-1914
• Chapter 8 Conclusion: An Anti-Financial Culture?

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Details

• NCID: BA88952998
• ISBN:
  • 9781851968923
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 278 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 332.10942109034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Financial institutions -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Capitalists and financiers in literature
  • LCSH : London (England) -- In literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA78584027