Corporate & Business History

More than any other single group of individuals, the Boston Associates were responsible for the sweeping economic transformation that occurred in New England between 1815 and 1861. Through the use of the corporate form, they established an extensive...

This book explores Europe's third sector - the non-profit organisations and providers of social services such as mutuals, co-operatives, associations, voluntary organisations and charities: these elements of a civil society are important yet often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738510583Author Martha Esposito SheaFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g

Snacks is a history of Canadian snack foods, of the independent producers and workers who make them, and of the consumers who can't put them down. Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips,...

"For years I have been convinced that there is not an honest bone in your body. Now I know that you are a god-damned thief," Henry Clay Frick reportedly told Andrew Carnegie at their last meeting in 1900, just before J. P. Morgan bought the Carnegie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767930895Author William D. CohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385507707Author Micheline MaynardFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062128263Author Yukari Iwatani KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Harper BusinessPublisher Harper BusinessWeight(grams) 272g

An authoritative introduction to the world of professional gaming and casino management, from the authorities on the subject, the faculty of the UNLV International Gaming Institute: Vincent H. Eade, Director David J. Christianson, Dean William F. Harrah...

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Starbucked will be the first book to explore the incredible rise of the Starbucks Corporation and the caffeine-crazy culture that fueled its success. Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, Starbucked combines investigative heft with witty...

Prior to 1914, Germany dominated the worldwide production of synthetic organic dyes and pharmaceuticals like aspirin. When World War I disrupted the supply of German chemicals to the United States, American entrepreneurs responded to the shortages and...

Home economics emerged at the turn of the twentieth century as a movement to train women to be more efficient household managers. At the same moment, American families began to consume many more goods and services than they produced. To guide women in...

Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over...

Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their ""property,"" or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today's economy, however, it is a...

Using a series of case studies from five industries, Dicke analyzes franchising, a marketing system that combines large and small firms into a single administrative unit, strengthening both in the process. He studies the franchise industry from the 1840s...

Despite almost four centuries of black independent self-help enterprises, the agency of African Americans in attempting to forge their own economic liberation through business activities and entrepreneurship has remained noticeably absent from the...

Pan-amBook InformationISBN 9780738505527Author Lynn M. HomanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 165mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743290197Author Matthew MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981661728Author Michael N MarcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Silver Sands BooksPublisher Silver Sands BooksWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975480366Author J K LamayFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Turnkey PressPublisher Turnkey PressWeight(grams) 485g

From its beginnings, American Cotton Growers strove toward ever more effective processing and marketing of the cotton grown on the High Plains. The men who were the driving force behind ACG realized what enormous benefits were possible if the cotton that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780894991851Author James Howard BridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Books for BusinessPublisher Books for BusinessWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316460668Author Marc RandolphFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams) 422g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316388412Author Brad StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780066619880Author Watts WackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060014063Author Richard S TedlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 222mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060507787Author Dave LongabergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint HarperBusinessPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 230g

At the time of its collapse in 2001, Enron was one of the largest companies in the world, boasting revenue of over $100 billion. During the 1990s economic boom, the Houston, Texas-based energy company had diversified into commodities and derivatives...