01330nam a22001697a 4500 52573 52573 9780198787808 332.3209 Samy, Antoninus The Building Society Promise : Access, Risk, and Efficiency 1880-1939 Antoninus Samy New York Oxford University Press 2016 296 Pages 22x14 cm HB Oxford historical monographs. Include Illustration and Index The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localized institutions in the nineteenth century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period. Throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the movement cultivated an image of being a champion of home ownership for the working classes, but housing historians have questioned whether building societies really lived up to this claim. This study fills a major gap in the historiography of the movement by investigating the class profile of building society members, and how the design of different building societies affected their accessibility, efficiency, and risk-taking practices between 1880 and 1939. Great Britain Savings and loan associations--Evaluation Savings and loan associations BK 0 0 0 332_320900000000000_S187B_2016 0 NFIC 51122 GPL GPL GEN 2018-11-24 CRV/GPLM/Oxford/60/2018 6845.00 332.3209 S187B 2016 58127 2018-11-24 2018-11-24 BK