Rogue Banking. A history of financial fraud in interwar Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Hollow, Matthew
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2015
- Pages 114pp
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Place Published Basingstoke
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work. Provides an historical perspective within a 'readable book' on fraud in the British financial sector, 1919-39, which the writer sees as a neglected area. Aims to cover the major incidences taking into account varying methods and strategies and motivations. Structured as follows: 'Pillars of society? Financial crime in the British banking sector, c1919–39'; 'From speculation to devastation - securities fraud and company promotion fraud in interwar Britain'; 'Rogue financiers - fakers, confidence tricksters and share-pushers in Britain between the wars'. Businesses touched on include: Clarence Hatry / Pinners Hall Group /Austin Friars Trust; Gerard Lee Bevan / City Equitable Fire Insurance Co / Ellis & Co; Farrows Bank / Thomas Farrow; Stanley W Tanfield; etc