Andrew Popp

Entrepreneurial Families

Business, Marriage and Life in the Early Nineteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781848932364
• ISBN-10: 1848932367
• Artikelnr.: 43751817

Autorenporträt

Andrew Popp

Inhaltsangabe

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