Company Promoter in London,1877-1914
Details:
- Author(s) Nye, James
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2012
- Pages
- Publisher King's College, London
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
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- Name King's College London Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode WC2R 2LS
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Notes:
Reviews the activities of company promoters in the late Victorian and Edwardian period, noted for the fraudulent activities of some leaders, and argues that 'the majority of promoters were not engaged in fraud. True, they may not have had great success, but this was more 'cock-up than conspiracy. The contrast needs to be drawn between the occasional meteoric figures and the less well-known promoters'