Guilty Money: The City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture, 1815-1914

Hardback

Main Details

Title Guilty Money: The City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture, 1815-1914
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ranald C. Michie
SeriesFinancial History
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9781851968923
ClassificationsDewey:332.10942109034
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Publication Date 1 February 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is an engaging study of the place occupied by the City of London within British cultural life during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Michie uses both literary and popular novels to examine socio-economic representations during this period.

Reviews

'Both informative and witty, Michie's book is a must for historians of finance as well as for those of culture'. Financial History Review 'One of the virtues of this work is that it brings to the reader a mass of obscure works of fiction featuring the City, or City-located characters.' Reviews in History 'The author takes the unusual but inventive approach of mining the period's novels as source materials for this financial history, using an extensive array of British fiction ... Recommended.' CHOICE 'This book can be recommended to anyone seeking to understand shifts in popular attitudes toward finance and the strengths and limits of using literary evidence for this purpose.' EH.net '[Richie] has unearthed a mass of overlooked and underexplored novels.' Victorian Studies 'enjoyable and often illuminating and deserves a wide readership willing to engage with the debates it suggests.' Business History Review