Attitudes to investment risk amongst West Midland canal and railway company investors, 1760-1850
Attitudes to environmental and investment risk are examined to determine whether they were a defining characteristic of middle-class behaviour in the period 1760 to 1850. Approximately 6,000 investors in eleven canal companies and seven railway companies were investigated to determine whether evalua...
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University of Warwick
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269201 |