entrepreneurship and business organization, 1720-1844 /
Ron Harris.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages)
Political economy of institutions and decisions
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and indexes.
1. The Legal Framework -- pt. I. Before 1720 -- 2. The Pre-1720 Business Corporation -- 3. The Bubble Act, Its Passage, and Its Effects -- pt. II. 1721-1810 -- 4. Two Distinct Paths of Organizational Development: Transport and Insurance -- 5. The Joint-Stock Business Corporation -- 6. Trusts, Partnerships, and the Unincorporated Company -- 7. The Progress of the Joint-Stock Organization -- pt. III. 1800-1844 -- 8. The Attitudes of the Business Community -- 9. The Joint-Stock Company in Court -- 10. The Joint-Stock Company in Parliament -- App. 1. The Rise and Decline of the Major Trading Corporations -- App. 2. Capital of Joint-Stock Companies Circa 1810.
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Annotation Between 1720 and the mid-nineteenth century, the legal framework of England remained static, while the country went through an economic and social evolution known as the Industrial Revolution. This book addresses the apparent discrepancy between the developing economy of 1720-1844 and the stagnant legal framework of business organization during the same period. The book specifically focuses on the ways by which the legal-economic nexus of the period gave rise to the modern institutions of organizing business.
eBook Library
EBL144719
Industrializing English law.
0521662753
Business enterprises-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain-- History.