A01=Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer
actuarial science
Author_Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer
Category=KC
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monetisation of human life
moral economy
nineteenth century social change
religious opposition to insurance
social meaning of money
sociology of finance
Product details
- ISBN 9780878559299
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1983
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The complex relations between money, human life, and death form the central themes of Morals and Markets. The process of monetarizing life remains a perplexing phenomenon. With lively detail Zelizer chronicles the fascinating development in the second half of the nineteenth century of the life insurance industry in the United States--one of the most unusual tales in the history of American business. This book portrays the controversial origins of the life insurance industry, which was once widely condemned and denounced by newspapers and religious leaders as sacrilegious and immoral.
