The building society promise : access, risk, and efficiency 1880-1939 / Antoninus Samy.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191829864 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Savings and loan associations -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Savings and loan associations -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Home ownership -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Home ownership -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Working class -- Dwellings -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Working class -- Dwellings -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198787808DDC classification: 332.32094109034 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localised institutions in the 19th century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period. Throughout the 19th and early-20th centuries, the movement cultivated an image of being a champion of home ownership for the working classes, but housing historians have questioned whether building societies really lived up to this claim. This study fills a major gap in the historiography of the movement by investigating the class profile of building society members, and how the design of different building societies affected their accessibility, efficiency, and risk-taking practices between 1880 and 1939.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localised institutions in the 19th century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period. Throughout the 19th and early-20th centuries, the movement cultivated an image of being a champion of home ownership for the working classes, but housing historians have questioned whether building societies really lived up to this claim. This study fills a major gap in the historiography of the movement by investigating the class profile of building society members, and how the design of different building societies affected their accessibility, efficiency, and risk-taking practices between 1880 and 1939.
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