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Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money? = Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance /
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正題名/作者:
Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money?/ by Henry Sless.
其他題名:
Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance /
作者:
Sless, Henry.
面頁冊數:
XXXIII, 338 p. 165 illus., 98 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:
Springer Nature eBook
標題:
Art History. -
電子資源:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86604-4
ISBN:
9783030866044
Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money? = Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance /
Sless, Henry.
Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money?
Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance /[electronic resource] :by Henry Sless. - 1st ed. 2022. - XXXIII, 338 p. 165 illus., 98 illus. in color.online resource.
Introduction -- Financial context -- Visual context -- The merchant princes -- The charlatans -- Financial iconography -- Gender -- The other -- The law -- Dreams and the unconscious -- Conclusion.
This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who defrauded investors of millions. The breakdown of trust between financiers and investors that evolved during this period is represented visually in depictions of the emotional response of investors to the uncertain financial climate. Throughout the book a PEARL methodology has been used to critique the images reflecting the impact of any Publisher’s political bias, the Editorial and Artistic techniques used to convey the messages in the images, and the Legal context (especially a concern in countries such as France and Germany where censorship was strict). The book concludes that white-collar criminals were invariably secretly admired in Britain, and rarely severely satirised. Similarly, Merchant Princes were depicted favourably in Britain as members of the ruling elite during the latter half of the century. This is contrasted with the more extreme anti-monopolistic images in the US and the extreme anti-Semitic treatment of Jewish financiers in France and Germany. 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.
ISBN: 9783030866044
Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-86604-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:
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LC Class. No.: HG171
Dewey Class. No.: 332.09
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