Men, Women, and Money Perspectives on Gender, Wealth, and Investment 1850-1930

Author: David R. Green; Alastair Owens; Josephine Maltby; Janette Rutterford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199593767
Published In: April 2011
Format: Hardback , 328 pages
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Addresses an under-researched topic, namely the response of individuals to new investment opportunities
Interdisciplinary approach in relating behaviour to economic, social, and gender influences
Illuminates development of corporate governance and financial markets
Positions UK investor behaviour in an international context

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed significant developments in the structure, organization, and expansion of financial markets and opportunities for investment in Britain and its empire. But very little is known about how men and women engaged with these markets and with new opportunities for money-making. In what ways did the composition of personal fortunes alter in response to these developments? How did individuals make use of new financial opportunities to further their own priorities and ensure their families' well-being? What choices of securities did they make, and how did these reflect their attitudes to investment risk? What were the implications of a rapidly growing investor population for corporate governance and the regulation of markets? How significant is gender in understanding new patterns of wealth holding and investment?

This interdisciplinary book brings together a range of leading international scholars to answer these questions and to develop important new research agendas. Foremost among these is a concern for gender, with several of the chapters exploring the growing importance of women within investment markets. These findings open up dialogues between economic and financial historians with social, gender, and feminist historians, and add a significant new dimension to existing research on women's economic agency. The volume also breaks fresh ground by analysing aspects of wealth holding and finance in British colonial settings: Canada and Australia. Understanding the extent to which global financial processes shaped the economic lives of those on the 'periphery' as well as at the 'heart' of empire will offer new insights into the social and geographical diffusion of financial markets.

Readership: Academics, researchers and students in financial, economic, and gender history

1: David R. Green, Josephine Maltby, Alastair Owens and Janette Rutterford: Introduction
2: Youssef Cassis: Wealth, Investment and Global Finance: International Financial Centres, 1870-1930
3: Leslie Hannah: The Shareholder's <"Dog>" that did not Bark: The History of British Contested Takeover Bids in Comparative Perspective
4: Ranald Michie: Gamblers, Fools, Victims or Wizards? The British Investor in the Public Mind, 1850- 1930
5: William D. Rubinstein: The Wealth Structure of Britain in 1809-39, 1860-61 and 1906
6: David R. Green and Alastair Owens: Assets of the Dead: Wealth and Investment in Late Nineteenth-Century England and Wales
7: Martin Shanahan: Colonial Sisters and Their Wealth: The Wealth Holdings of Women in South Australia, 1875-1915
8: Livio Di Matteo: Wealth and Gender in Ontario: 1870-1930
9: Mary Beth Combs: They Lived and Saved: Examining the Savings Motives of Shopkeepers in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1860-1890
10: Graeme G. Acheson and John D. Turner: Shareholder Liability, Risk Aversion, and Investment Returns in Nineteenth-Century British Banking
11: Josephine Maltby and Jannette Rutterford: The Evidence for 'Democratisation' of Share Ownership in Great Britain in the Early Twentieth Century

Edited by David R. Green, Reader in Geography, King's College London, Alastair Owens, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Josephine Maltby, Professor of Accounting and Finance, University of York, and Janette Rutterford, Professor of Financial Management, Open University

Contributors:
David R. Green, King's College London
Josephine Maltby, University of York
Alastair Owens, Queen Mary University of London
Janette Rutterford, Open University
Youssef Cassis, Université de Genève
Leslie Hannah
Ranald Michie, University of Durham
William D. Rubinstein, Aberystwyth University
Martin Shanahan
Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University
Mary Beth Combs, Fordham University
Graeme G. Acheson , University of Ulster
John D. Turner, Queen's University, Belfast