{"product_id":"the-growth-of-big-business-in-the-united-states-and-western-europe-1850-1939-paperback-9780521557719","title":"The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850–1939 (Paperback) 9780521557719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850–1939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides the first introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before the Second World War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher J. Schmitz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521557719, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 September 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e120 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  6 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Schmitz covers much of the ground required by business history students and their tutors ... he has certainly written a workmanlike and user friendly review of the current literature for students and teachers alike.'  Terry Gourvish, Economic History Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides the first introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before the Second World War. It discusses the evolution of firms like Ford, Exxon, Unilever and Siemens, as well as introducing the reader to the major explanations that have been advanced by historians and economists in order to account for these developments in the global economic order.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements and Note\u003cbr\u003e Editor's preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The nature and origins of big business\u003cbr\u003e 3. Variations in the rise and spread of big business\u003cbr\u003e 4. Institutional and technological factors\u003cbr\u003e 5. Markets, hierarchies and the managerial revolution\u003cbr\u003e 6. The impact of big business\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusions: history and theory\u003cbr\u003e Notes and references\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\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":46004954857752,"sku":"9780521557719","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521557719i_e8b7386b-de63-487c-84a3-2e8c0478e760.jpg?v=1691369640","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-growth-of-big-business-in-the-united-states-and-western-europe-1850-1939-paperback-9780521557719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}