The Rise of Modern Business: Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and ChinaThe Rise of Modern Business compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in several countries from the preindustrial era to the present. Paying close attention to connections between business development and political |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Time of the Merchant | 6 |
CHAPTER 2 The Many Paths to Industrialization | 37 |
CHAPTER 3 British and German Businesses during Industrialization | 63 |
CHAPTER 4 Big and Small Businesses in Industrializing America | 86 |
CHAPTER 5 Japanese and Chinese Businesses during Industrialization | 107 |
CHAPTER 6 American British and German Businesses in the Interwar Period | 139 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Rise of Modern Business: Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and China |
| Author | Mansel G. Blackford |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0807832103, 9780807832103 |
| Length | 284 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Business Development |
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