The first fund managers: Life insurance bonuses in Victorian Britain

Victorian Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-92

  Alborn, Timothy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2979/VIC.2002.45.1.65     Document Type: Article

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