Entrepreneurial Families - Business, Marriage and Life in the Early Nineteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Popp Klappentext Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important facet of economic history. Popp examines the Shaw family business to present a study of entrepreneurism that puts the family centre stage. Zusammenfassung Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important facet of economic history. Popp examines the Shaw family business to present a study of entrepreneurism that puts the family centre stage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements, Introduction: An Unlimited Partnership, 1. ‘Did You Really Think Your Letter Would Prove Too Long?’ Epistolary Lives, 2. John Shaw in Business, 3. John and Elizabeth in Love, 4. ‘Our Present Adventure’: India and Beyond, 5. ‘To Work Hard for a Larger Family’: Managing Work and Family, 6. ‘The Whole Circle of Our Acquaintance’: Networks and Sociability, 7. ‘Happiness (in Earthly Things)’: Getting and Having, 8. Conclusion: The Life They Made, Epilogue, Notes, Works Cited, Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Popp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138661738
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66173-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Studies in Business History; Studies in Business History
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics