Victorian Investments New Perspectives on Finance and Culture

"This is a generous collection in every sense of the term, commendable for the breadth of its voices and for the wealth of information it offers both newcomers to and veterans of the study of Victorian finance. . . . Assembling contributions from top scholars in history and literature, Henry and Schmitt offer us a diverse and highly readable volume. Vol. 50, No. 3, July 2011"-Journal of British Studies
"Serious, ample, and provocative, the essays are an important addition to the literature of nineteenth-century finance and offer constructive consideration of a fundamental feature of the practice and myths of capitalism as we continue to live with and in them. Vol. 52, No. 1"-Victorian Studies