Share Trading, Fraud and the Crash of 1929 - A Biography of Clarence Hatry

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People

Acknowledgements

1. Coming to London

2. Clarence finds his feet

3. 1914: The coming of war

4. Hatry surfs a boom

5. Coming down to earth

6. Arthur Collins to the rescue

7. Amalgamating department stores

8. Hatry turns 40

9. Keeping up appearances in 1929

10. Keeping the plates spinning

11. The spinning plates crash

12. The trial

13. The prison years

14. Hatchards

15. After Hatchards

16. Reflections

Index

Info autore

Chris Swinson is a Visiting Fellow at Durham University Business School and a former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Chris spent a large part of his professional career investigating frauds and their consequences.

Riassunto

This is a comprehensive biography of Clarence Charles Hatry, 1888-1965, an enigmatic and charismatic public figure. It is based on examination of the memoirs of Hatry’s contemporaries, the archives and records which they and their companies preserved, and press reports of Hatry’s activities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chris Swinson, Chris (Chris Swinson Ltd Swinson, Swinson Chris
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367731007
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73100-7
• Pagine: 212
• Serie: Financial History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Banking, Economic history, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Biography: business and industry, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade