Blackford, Mansel G., 1944-
The rise of modern business : Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and China / Mansel G. Blackford. - 3rd ed., rev. and updated. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008. - 284 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses during industrialization -- American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period -- Japanese and Chinese businesses in the interwar period -- National businesses in an expanding international economy -- Into the twenty-first century.
From the Publisher: The 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, social, and cultural changes, Blackford addresses both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, small firms as well as big businesses. For this third edition, he updates his study in light of new scholarship, with special attention paid to the structural diversity of business firms and with a timely discussion about the reciprocal relationship between business and the environment. The business history of Germany is extensively updated, and there is entirely new coverage of the business history of China, a country whose growing political and economic prowess on the world stage demands the historical and contextual understanding of business scholars today.
9780807858868 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007044527
Industries--History.--Great Britain
Industries--History.--United States
Industries--History.--Japan
Industries--History.--Germany
Industries--History.--China
HC255 / .B59 2008
338.09
The rise of modern business : Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and China / Mansel G. Blackford. - 3rd ed., rev. and updated. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008. - 284 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses during industrialization -- American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period -- Japanese and Chinese businesses in the interwar period -- National businesses in an expanding international economy -- Into the twenty-first century.
From the Publisher: The 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, social, and cultural changes, Blackford addresses both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, small firms as well as big businesses. For this third edition, he updates his study in light of new scholarship, with special attention paid to the structural diversity of business firms and with a timely discussion about the reciprocal relationship between business and the environment. The business history of Germany is extensively updated, and there is entirely new coverage of the business history of China, a country whose growing political and economic prowess on the world stage demands the historical and contextual understanding of business scholars today.
9780807858868 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007044527
Industries--History.--Great Britain
Industries--History.--United States
Industries--History.--Japan
Industries--History.--Germany
Industries--History.--China
HC255 / .B59 2008
338.09