Insurance Era

Part I. Selling "self-made" security. Insurance marketing in the wake of the New Deal ; "Facing the future's risks" : governing through education and public service -- Part II. Investing in privatization. "Public enterprises in private hands" : investing in urban renewal ; "A mighty pump" : financing suburbanization -- Part III. Defending discrimination. "Communities without hope" : urban crisis and insurance redlining ; The unisex insurance debate and the triumph of actuarial fairness -- Epilogue : Imagining insurance futures.