The life insurance enterprise, 1885-1910 : a study in the limits of corporate power

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. FOREWORD PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS TABLES Part One. A Society of Companies I. The Life Insurance Enterprise II. A Society of Companies III. An Ideology of Power Part Two. The Business of Life Insurance IV. Growth and the Corporate Structure V. Growth and the Business Technique Part Three. The Venture Overseas VI. The Dynamics of Foreign Expansion VII. The Challenges of Nationalism Part Four. The Investing Power VIII. The Investment Environment IX. The Structure of Investment X. The Investment Performance Part Five. The Companies and the Commonwealth XI. An Experience at Law XII. The Structure of Supervision XIII. The Response to Regulation XIV. The Companies and National Power Part Six. The Limits of Power XV. 1905 XVI. Disengagement XVII. The End of Power BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. NOTES. INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE NOTES INDEX Despite the opposition of his parents, a sixteen-year-old boy decides to pursue a career in rock music.