White-Collar Crime in Modern England: Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845–1929

George Robb

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511522789

In the period between the 1840s and the 1920s the British economy was transformed, from small-scale capitalism dominated by individual traders and partnerships to a complex financial structure dominated by large, joint-stock companies. The tremendous growth of big business created a world of new opportunities for criminal exploitation. The promotion and management of public companies and the trading of commercial securities proved vulnerable to the white-collar crimes of fraud and embezzlement. Problems of financial fraud were exacerbated by a climate of laissez-faire which championed the most permissive commercial legislation in the world, and white-collar crime wreaked havoc on the modern British economy. This new book examines the spread of white-collar crime from the Victorian period to the early twentieth century and offers a new perspective on modern scandals.

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List of tables
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: White-collar crime and the criminal “upperworld”
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1 - The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime
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2 - The Railway Mania
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3 - Banking and credit fraud
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4 - Stock fraud
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5 - Company fraud: promotion
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6 - Company fraud: management
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7 - Company law and the courts
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8 - Business ethics and professionalization
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Conclusion: Final considerations
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845–1929

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-ix

List of tables
pp x-x

Acknowledgments
pp xi-xii

Introduction: White-collar crime and the criminal “upperworld”
pp 1-10

1 - The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime
pp 11-30

2 - The Railway Mania
pp 31-55

3 - Banking and credit fraud
pp 56-79

4 - Stock fraud
pp 80-93

5 - Company fraud: promotion
pp 94-124

6 - Company fraud: management
pp 125-146

7 - Company law and the courts
pp 147-168

8 - Business ethics and professionalization
pp 169-180

Conclusion: Final considerations
pp 181-191

Notes
pp 192-226

Bibliography
pp 227-243

Index
pp 244-250

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