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The Cambridge Economic History of Europe

The Cambridge Economic History of Europe

The Cambridge Economic History of Europe

Volume 7: The Industrial Economies: Capital, Labour and Enterprise, Part 2
Peter Mathias
M. M. Postan
October 1978
7. The Industrial Economies: Capital, Labour and Enterprise
2. The United States, Japan and Russia
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9780521215916

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    The seventh volume of The Cambridge Economic History of Europe is the second of a group of three to cover the economic history of the Western world (including the United States and Japan) during and since the Industrial Revolution. The main theme of this volume is the role played in the growth of the industrial economies by capital, labour, and enterprise. Separate chapters study each of these factors for the principal economies.

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    October 1978
    Hardback
    9780521215916
    670 pages
    228 × 152 mm
    1.135kg
    Unavailable - out of print

    Table of Contents

    • List of tables
    • List of illustrations
    • Part I. The United States:
    • 1. Capital formation in the United States during the nineteenth century Lance E. Davis and Robert E. Gallman
    • 2. The United States: evolution of enterprise Alfred D. Chandler, Jr
    • Part II. Japan:
    • 3. Capital formation in Japan Kazushi Ohkawa
    • 4. Factory labour and the industrial revolution in Japan Koji Taira
    • 5. Entrepreneurship, ownership, and management in Japan Kozo Yamamura
    • Part III. Russia:
    • 6. Capital formation during the period of early industrialization in Russia, 1890–1913 Arcadius Kahan
    • 7. Labour and industrialization in Russia Olga Crisp
    • 8. Russian entrepreneurship M. C. Kaser
    • Notes
    • Bibliographies
    • Editors' note
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr, Kazushi Ohkawa, Koji Taira, Kozo Yamamura, Arcadius Kahan, Olga Crisp, M. C. Kaser

    • Editors
    • Peter Mathias
    • M. M. Postan