"This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of research in business history. Business historians study the historical evolution of business systems, entrepreneurs and firms, as well as their interaction with their political, economic, and social environment. They address i…
This handbook shows that business history is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, producing compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences.
This handbook shows that business history is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, producing compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences.
'Business and Polity' follows a historical perspective in unravelling the relationship between business and politics and its evolution through the ages into the capitalist ethic and culture of modern times.
This book explores, through a variety of economic and political formations over the past two and a half millennia, right from the Greco-Roman civilization to present day globalization, the behavior of two power networks: those who control the levers of political power and those …
Spices in the Indian Ocean world
by Pearson, M. N., (Michael Naylor)
fromExpanding World
Spices in the Indian Ocean world
by Pearson, M. N., (Michael Naylor)
fromExpanding World
Spices in the Indian Ocean world
by Pearson, M. N., (Michael Naylor)
fromExpanding World
Table of contents: Part I. The fall of Hormuz, a comparative study. Part II. The loss of Hormuz. People and events. Part III. After Hormuz. Conclusion. Appendix, currency and weights. Manuscript sources. Printed sources and modern works. Index. Tables. Maps. Diagram.