The rise of modern business
Subtitle: Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and China
By: Mansel G. Blackford.
Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and updated.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780807832103; 9780807858868
Subjects: Industries -- Great Britain -- History; Industries -- United States -- History; Industries -- Japan -- History; Industries -- Germany -- History; Industries -- China -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant; title: The many paths to industrialization; title: British and German businesses during industrialization; title: Big and small businesses in industrializing America; title: Japanese and Chinese businesses during industrialization; title: American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period; title: Japanese and Chinese businesses in the interwar period; title: National businesses in an expanding international economy; title: Into the twenty-first century.