{"product_id":"merchant-enterprise-in-britain-from-the-industrial-revolution-to-world-war-i-hardback-9780521351782","title":"Merchant Enterprise in Britain; From the Industrial Revolution to World War I (Hardback) 9780521351782","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMerchant Enterprise in Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Industrial Revolution to World War I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStanley Chapman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521351782, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 April 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.725 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eStudies 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations used in the footnotes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: approaches and concepts\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Setting: 1. The eighteenth-century structure of merchant enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 2. The consequences of the Industrial Revolution and the French wars\u003cbr\u003e Part II. New Streams of Enterprise: 3. Merchants in the Atlantic trade\u003cbr\u003e 4. The agency houses: trade to India and the far East\u003cbr\u003e 5. The international houses: the foreign contribution to British mercantile enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 6. The home trade houses\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Response to Instant Communication: 7. Problems of restructuring mercantile enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 8. British-based investment groups before 1914\u003cbr\u003e 9. Imperialism and British trade\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusions: 10. Performance of british mercantile enterprise\u003cbr\u003e Manuscript sources\u003cbr\u003e Index of firms and people\u003cbr\u003e Index of plates\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913248596248,"sku":"9780521351782","price":68.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521351782i_81da5c3c-b1d6-4214-b3aa-eba9bdd658d6.jpg?v=1691375587","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/merchant-enterprise-in-britain-from-the-industrial-revolution-to-world-war-i-hardback-9780521351782","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}