Trust among strangers : friendly societies in modern Britain /
"In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the internal migration of a growing population transformed Britain into a 'society of strangers.' The coming and going of so many people wreaked havoc on the institutions through which Britons had previously addressed questions o...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. New beginnings
- Friendly society before friendly societies
- Friendly societies and the meaning of the new poor law
- The battle between savings banks and friendly societies
- Trusting institutions : making the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity
- Trusting numbers : sociability and actuarial science in the Manchester Unity
- Epilogue. Alternative endings.
