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This socio-cultural study of the place occupied by the City of London within British cultural life during the Victorian and Edwardian periods investigates the two traditional views of the City as a global financial centre: London as a theatre of corruption, fraud and scandal; and as a place of success and power for the ambitious elite.Michie, Ranald C. is the author of 'Guilty Money: The City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture, 1815-1914', published 2009 under ISBN 9781851968923 and ISBN 185196892X.
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