2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Construction of infrastructures and 'Investors Society'in modern Britain
| Project/Area Number |
20720197
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Yuichiro Kyoto University, 経済学部, 講師 (40335237)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 投資社会 / トンチン / インフラストラクチャ / イングランド財政金融革命 / 生命統計 / 社会空間 / 啓蒙 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project aimed at the relationships between the rise of 'Investors Society' and formation of modern society in Britain, focusing on construction of a bridge in Sussex, building a House of Correction in Middlesex, and transformation of a tontine society in Suffolk, England. It shows the reality of 'securitization in the projects for constructing social infrastructures, relationships between bonds as an 'annuity' and investors, and influence of statistics of mortality on investing in various securities.
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