The entrepreneurship from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times Landes, David S. editor Mokyr, Joel. editor Baumol, William J. editor text bibliography nju Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

print

xiii, 566 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 27 cm. Entrepreneurs : from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse / Michael Hudson -- Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs / Cornelia Wunsch -- The scale of entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern history : inhibitive roles of Islamic institutions / Timur Kuran -- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in medieval Europe / James M. Murray -- Tawney's century, 1540-1640 : the roots of modern capitalist entrepreneurship / John Munro -- The golden age of the Dutch Republic / Oscar Gelderblom -- Entrepreneurship and the industrial revolution in Britain / Joel Mokyr -- Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1830-1900 / Mark Casson and Andrew Godley -- History of entrepreneurship : Britain, 1900-2000 / Andrew Godley and Mark Casson -- History of entrepreneurship : Germany after 1815 / Ulrich Wengenroth -- Entrepreneurship in France / Michel Hau -- Entrepreneurship in the antebellum United States / Louis P. Cain -- Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1865-1920 / Naomi R. Lamoreaux -- Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1920-2000 / Margaret B.W. Graham -- An examination of the supply of financial credit to entrepreneurs in colonial India / Susan Wolcott -- Chinese entrepreneurship since its late imperial period / Wellington K.K. Chan -- Entrepreneurship in pre-World War II Japan : the role and logic of the Zaibatsu / Seiichiro Yonekura and Hiroshi Shimizu -- "Useful knowledge" of entrepreneurship : some implications of the history / William J. Baumol and Robert Strom. edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, & William J. Baumol. Includes bibliographical references and index. Entrepreneurship History HB701 .INV 2010 9780691143705 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691143706 (cloth : alk. paper) 2009034315 DLC 090821 20220606160742.0 15876708