The Rise of Modern Business: Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, and China
The Rise of Modern Business compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in several countries from the preindustrial era to the present. Paying close attention to connections between business development and political, social, and cultural changes, Blackford addresses both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, small firms as well as big businesses. For this third edition, he updates his study in light of new scholarship, with special attention paid to the...
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The Rise of Modern Business compares and analyzes the development of business and business institutions in several countries from the preindustrial era to the present. Paying close attention to connections between business development and political, social, and cultural changes, Blackford addresses both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms, small firms as well as big businesses. For this third edition, he updates his study in light of new scholarship, with special attention paid to the structural diversity of business firms and with a timely discussion about the reciprocal relationship between business and the environment. The business history of Germany is extensively updated, and there is entirely new coverage of the business history of China, a country whose growing political and economic prowess on the world stage demands the historical and contextual understanding of business scholars today.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 1Preindustrial Businesses: The Time of the Merchant 6The Many Paths to Industrialization 37British and German Businesses during Industrialization 63Big and Small Businesses in Industrializing America 86Japanese and Chinese Businesses during Industrialization 107American, British, and German Businesses in the Interwar Period 139Japanese and Chinese Businesses in the Interwar Period 169National Businesses in an Expanding International Economy 193Into the Twenty-First Century 231Conclusion: Convergence and Divergence in World Businesses 257Index 269
\ From the Publisher"Engaging and informative."\ — CHOICE\ This book is one that students will return to regularly to get their bearings in a broad field.\ Journal of American History\ A major and helpful analytical framework and a rich review of recent literature.\ Choice\ An invaluable introduction to the rich variety of business experience in the leading capitalist economies.\ —Thomas K. McCraw, Harvard University\ \ \
