Conceiving Companies; Joint-stock Politics in Victorian England (Routledge Explorations in Economic History , No 9)

Conceiving Companies; Joint-stock Politics in Victorian England (Routledge Explorations in Economic History , No 9)

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"Readers interested in the complexities of Victorian culture should read Timothy L. Alborn's Conceiving Companies: Joint-Stock Politics in Victorian England...[it] brilliantly illuminates the subtle ways that Victorian men and women negotiated various ambitions...."
-Mary Poovey, New York University, for Victorian Studies



Book Description

This book takes a new approach to the rise of large scale companies in Victorian England, including the Bank of England and East India Company, locating their origins in social and political practice.

Conceiving Companies; Joint-stock Politics in Victorian England (Routledge Explorations in Economic History , No 9),Timothy Alborn,Routledge,0415180791,19th century,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Corporate & Business History - Strategies,Corporations,England,Finance,History,Industrial Policy,Industries - General,Infrastructure,Stock companies,British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900,Ownership & organization of enterprises,c 1800 to c 1900

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