Enterprise And Trade In Victorian Britain

Author : D. N. McCloskey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134558279
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enterprise and Trade in Victorian Britain written by D. N. McCloskey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book focus on the controversies concerning Britain's economic performance between the mid-nineteenth century and the First World War. The overriding theme is that Britain's own resources were consistently more productive, more resilient and more successful than is normally assumed. And if the economy's achievement was considerable, the influence on it of external factors (trade, international competition, policy) were much less significant than is normally supposed. The book is structured as follows: Part One: The Method of Historical Economics Part Two: Enterprise in Late Victorian Britain Part Three: Britain in the World Economy, 1846-1913.

Author : Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher : London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9780049421707
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enterprise and Trade in Victorian Britain written by Deirdre N. McCloskey and published by London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald N. McCloskey
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780751201765
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enterprise and Trade in Victorian Britain written by Donald N. McCloskey and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of 10 essays, Donald McCloskey refutes the widespread notion that Britain's present economic difficulties date from the failure of Victorian businessmen. As one of the pioneers of the cliometric movement, he uses economics to analyse the British economy's effectiveness in the last century and argues lucidly that economic rationality is not a product of recent times. He also dispels the twin myths that there was never enough information to apply modern economic analysis to the past or that economics itself can survive without historical perspective. Enterprise and Trade in Victorian Britain is a major work of historical economics and should be valuable reading for students of the cliometric economic history of Britain, microeconomics and international trade, and historical method.

Author : Stanley Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521893626
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchant Enterprise in Britain written by Stanley Chapman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of the British Industrial Revolution and of the Victorian period of economic and social development have until very recently concentrated on British industries and industrial regions, while commerce and finance, and particularly that of London, have been substantially neglected. This has distorted our view of the process of change, since financial services and much trade continued to be centred on the metropolis, and the south-east region never lost its position at the top of the national league of wealth.

Author : John R. Davis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349256919
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain and the GermanZollverein, 1848–66 written by John R. Davis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1848 and 1866 the Zollverein went through a series of momentous crises and the issue of commercial organization became increasingly politicized. Austro-Prussian rivalry, industrialization, and liberalism, created a tense atmosphere in which Britain had enormous influence. Using a wide range of German and British sources this study shows how Britain, blindfolded by doctrinaire Free Trade and institutional inadequacy, failed to grasp the connotations of its own actions in the German states and how misinterpretation began to sour Anglo-German relations.

Author : Gordon Boyce
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786948869
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Growth and Dissolution of a Large- Scale Business Enterprise written by Gordon Boyce and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an in-depth case study of the Furness Withy and Co Shipping Group, which operated both tramp and liner services and was one of the five major British shipping groups of the early twentieth century. It demonstrates how British shipowners of this period generated success by exploring Christopher Furness’ career in relation to the social, political, and cultural currents during a time of tremendous shipping growth in Britain and the establishment of some of the largest shipping firms in the world. It approaches the study from three angles. The first analyses how the Furness Group expanded its shipping activities and became involved with the industrial sector. The second illustrates the organisational and financial structure of the enterprise. Finally, the Group’s leadership and entrepreneurship is scrutinised and placed within the wider context of twentieth century British business. The case study begins in 1870, with an introduction explaining how Christopher Furness came to join the family company, Thomas Furness and Co. in order develop services, expand, and instigate the changes and mergers that brought the Furness Group into existence. There are thirteen chronologically presented chapters, a bibliography, and seven appendices of data including an ownership timeline, tonnage statistics, acquisitions, a list of maritime associates, and a timeline of Christopher Furness’ life. The book concludes in 1919 with the de-merging of the Furness Group’s shipping and industrial holdings, the resignation of the Furness family from the company’s board, the sale of their shares, and the move into managing the firm’s industrial interests.

Author : P.J. Cain
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317873521
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Imperialism written by P.J. Cain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, and truly global in its reach, this magisterial account received numerous accolades from reviewers in its first edition. The first to coin the phrase "gentlemanly capitalism", Cain and Hopkins make the strong and provocative argument that it is impossible to understand the nature and evolution of British imperialism without taking account of the peculiarities of her economic development. In particular, the growth of the financial sector - and above all, the City of London - played a crucial role in shaping the course of British history and Britain's relations overseas. Now with a substantive new introduction and a conclusion, the scope of the original account has been widened to include an innovative discussion of globalization.

Author : Neil McKendrick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521524216
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Life and Public Policy written by Neil McKendrick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the operations of businessmen and business values, and how they have influenced governments.

Author : Chris Williams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405143096
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain written by Chris Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essaysby expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political,social, economic and cultural history of Britain during the lateGeorgian and Victorian eras. Truly British, rather than English, in scope. Pays attention to the experiences of women as well as ofmen. Illustrated with maps and charts. Includes guides to further reading.

Author : Andrew Marrison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134731825
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Trade and its Reception 1815-1960 written by Andrew Marrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Corn Laws and their repeal. It brings together leading international experts working in the field from Britain, Europe and the United States. Their contributions range widely over the history, politics and economics of free trade and protectionism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; together they provide a landmark study of a vitally important subject, and one which remains at the top of today's international agenda.