The Life Insurance Enterprise, 1885–1910: A Study in the Limits of Corporate Power

Morton Keller

Published by Harvard University Press 1963

The Life Insurance Enterprise, 1885–1910

A Study in the Limits of Corporate Power

Morton Keller

Volume 13 in the series Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674181939

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Author / Editor information

Keller Morton :

Morton Keller received his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Harvard University, and is author of numerous books and articles, including In Defense of Yesterday: James M. Beck and the Politics of Conservatism and The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast. He has also edited books on the New Deal and the age of Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Keller is currently Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History at Brandeis University.

Reviews

A remarkably intricate and detailed study.

Well-written and well-documented...This book unquestionably puts the events affecting American life insurance during the critical period from the mid-1880s to 1910 into clearer historical perspective. As a case study, it also substantiates the conclusion of the author that to the traditional sum of external checks on corporate power in a free society, as outlined by Galbraith and others, should be added 'the complex but significant factor of internal restraints: the problems and consequences inherent in the process of institutional growth and maturity.'

An interesting and provocative interpretation of the behavior of the large American life insurance companies during the quarter century of 1885 to 1910.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiv
Part One. A Society of Companies
I. The Life Insurance Enterprise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. A Society of Companies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
III. An Ideology of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Part Two. The Business of Life Insurance
IV. Growth and the Corporate Structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
V. Growth and the Business Technique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Part Three. The Venture Overseas
VI. The Dynamics of Foreign Expansion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
VII. The Challenges of Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Part Four. The Investing Power
VIII. The Investment Environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
IX. The Structure of Investment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
X. The Investment Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Part Five. The Companies and the Commonwealth
XI. An Experience at Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
XII. The Structure of Supervision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
XIII. The Response to Regulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
XIV. The Companies and National Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Part Six. The Limits of Power
XV. 1905 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
XVI. Disengagement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
XVII. The End of Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. NOTES. INDEX
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1963
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 338
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Tables: 11
- Other: 28 halftones, 11 tables
Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; Insurance companies -- United States.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674181939

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1963
ISBN: 9780674181915