Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money?

Provides a critical analysis of visual images of finance during the nineteenth century in BritainContrasts visual representations of financial crises and financial figures with literary and journalistic representations of the periodRepresents a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the study of financial historyUses visual evidence as a compliment to traditional written sources

The only book to specifically analyse visual images of finance in Britain during the nineteenth century Represents a unique multi-disciplinary approach to the study of financial history Depicts the financiers, Merchant Princes, and Charlatans, and the financial events through which they lived

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Henry Sless is currently a Research Associate at Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK. He received a Master's in historical cartoons from the University of Kent, UK, and a doctorate in visual images of finance in the Victorian era from the University of Reading. For further details of his areas of interest, please see his site: www.figuringfinance.com

Inhalt

Introduction.- Financial context.- Visual context.- The merchant princes.- The charlatans.- Financial iconography.- Gender.- The other.- The law.- Dreams and the unconscious.- Conclusion.