Investing in life: insurance in antebellum America
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Baltimore, Md.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2010
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| Series: | Studies in early American economy and society
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 395 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780801896248 |
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| adam_text | Titel: Investing in life
Autor: Murphy, Sharon Ann
Jahr: 2010
Series Editors Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. New Risks in a Changing World i
PART I THE CREATION OF AN INDUSTRY
i Understanding Mortality in Antebellum America: The Search for
a Stahle Business Model 13
2 Selecting Risks in an Anonymous World: The Development of
the Agency System 47
3 Lying, Cheating, and Stealing versus The Court of Public Opinion:
Preventing Moral Hazard and Insurance Fraud 77
4 The Public Interest in a Private Industry: Life Insurance and the
Regulatory-Promotional State 97
PART II REACHING OUT TO THE MIDDLE CLASS
5 Protecting Women and Children in the hour of their distress :
Targeting the Fears ofan Emerging Middle Class 125
6 Targeting the Aspirations ofan Emerging Middle Class: The Triumph
of Mutual Life Insurance Companies 152
7 Securing Human Property: Slavery, Industrialization, and
Urbanization in the Upper South 184
8 Acting in defiance of Providence ? The Public Perception
ofLife Insurance 207
PART III COOPERATION, COMPETITION, AND THE
QUEST FOR STABILITY
9 Seeking Stability in an Increasingly Competitive Industry: The Creation
ofthe American Life Underwriters Convention 241
10 Insuring Soldiers, Insuring Civilians: The Civil War as a Watershed
for the Life Insurance Industry 162
11 The Perils ofSuccess during the Postbellum Years 284
Conclusion. Have you provided for your Family an Insurance
on your Life? 297
Appendix 301
Notes 313
Essay on Sources 373
Index 383
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