书目名称 | Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money? |
副标题 | Decoding Icons of Ni |
编辑 | Henry Sless |
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概述 | The only book to specifically analyse visual images of finance in Britain during the nineteenth century.Represents a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the study of financial history.Depicts the fi |
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描述 | .This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who defrauded investors of millions. The breakdown of trust between financiers and investors that evolved during this period is represented visually in depictions of the emotional response of investors to the uncertain financial climate..Throughout the book a PEARL methodology has been used to critique the images reflecting the impact of any Publisher’s political bias, the Editorial and Artistic techniques used to convey the messages in the images, and the Legal context (especially a concern in countries such as France and Germany where censorship was strict)..The book concludes that white-collar criminals were invariably secretly admired in Britain, and rarely severely satirised. Similarly, Merchant Princes were depicted favourably in Britain as members of the ruling elite during the latter half of the century. This is contrasted with the more extreme anti-monopolistic images in the US and the |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | nineteenth century British financiers; financial history of the nineteenth century; British financial |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86604-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-86606-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-86604-4 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |