A Sense of Security: 150 Years of PrudentialGranta Editions, 1998 - 438 pages |
Contents
A Background Sketch | 3 |
In an Office in Hatton Garden | 13 |
Tentative Beginnings | 23 |
Firmer Ground | 37 |
Confronting Mr Gladstone | 57 |
Acquisitions and Foundations | 69 |
Holborn Bars and the Prudential Style | 93 |
The Making of a Colossus | 107 |
The Triumph of System | 215 |
The Prudential Overseas | 239 |
Strong roots strong tree | 255 |
The Prudential Family and the Second World War | 269 |
Into a New Era | 291 |
Against a Backdrop of Change | 319 |
Focus on Group Pensions | 343 |
With Hindsight An Overview 197898 | 355 |
The Field Staff Phenomenon | 125 |
Chief Office More Than Just a Building | 147 |
A Turbulent Few Years | 173 |
The Prudential in the Great War | 195 |
Notes and References to the Text | 377 |
Tables | 419 |
Select Bibliography | 427 |
Common terms and phrases
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