entrepreneurship and business organization, 1720-1844 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ron Harris.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Political economy of institutions and decisions
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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eBook Library
Stock Number
EBL144719
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Industrializing English law.
International Standard Book Number
0521662753
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Business enterprises-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain-- History.