White-Collar Crime in Modern England : Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845-1929 Hardback
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 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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1992
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- ISBN:9780521412346
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1992
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- ISBN:9780521412346