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Joseph Chamberlain : entrepreneur in politics /

Joseph Chamberlain was the first industrialist to reach the highest sphere of British politics. Conspicuously successful as a young man in Birmingham's metal-manufacturing industry, he later tackled politics as business, venture by venture, innovative in organisation as well as product, alert t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marsh, Peter T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.