Joseph Chamberlain : entrepreneur in politics / Peter T. Marsh
1994, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and personalised. Item #426800
ISBN: 0300058012
Physical description; xvii, 725 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 673-711) and indexes. Contents; Preface -- 1 The Roots of the Enterprise: c.1700-1854 -- 2 Screw King: 1854-1869 -- 3 The Transfer from Business to Politics: 1867-1874 -- 4 Civic Investment: 1869-1880 -- 5 Organizational Innovation: 1876-1880 -- 6 Assertive Apprentice: 1880-1884 -- 7 Rising Expectations: 1884-1885 -- 8 Overextension: 1885 -- 9 The Crash: 1885-1886 -- 10 In Bankruptcy: 1886-1887 -- 11 New Resources: 1887-1891 -- 12 Divisional Manager: 1891-1895 -- 13 Evading Discredit: 1895-1897 -- 14 Imperial Investment: 1895-1898 -- 15 Test of Investments: 1899 -- 16 The Business of War: 1900-1902 -- 17 Dual Directors: 1902-1903 -- 18 Hastened Culmination: 1903 -- 19 The AU-Consuming Venture: 1903-1906 -- 20 Paralysis: 1906-1914 -- Notes -- Manuscript Collections Consulted -- Index. Subjects; Chamberlain, Joseph 1836-1914. Chamberlain, Joseph. 1837-1910. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Industrialists Great Britain ; Biography. HISTORY General. Industrialists. Politics and government. Statesmen.
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