Business History Books

New and Published Books

1. Business-Government Relations in Prewar Japan

   By Peter von Staden

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   For the business and government relationship in Japan, the pre-war period was an era of considerable change. Framed by Japan’s nation-building efforts, the relationship adapted and evolved with the often fluid economic and political circumstances. As both business and government had vested...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Women and Their Money 1700-1950

   Essays on Women and Finance

   Edited by Anne Laurence, Josephine Maltby, Janette Rutterford

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   This book examines women's financial activity from the early days of the stock market in eighteenth century England and the South Sea Bubble to the mid-twentieth century. The essays demonstrate how many women managed their own finances despite legal and social restrictions and show that women were...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. A History of Entrepreneurship

   By Robert F Hébert, Albert N. Link

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This book establishes a chronological trace of the entrepreneur as treated in economic literature in order to give a more wholesome perspective to contemporary writings and teachings on entrepreneurship. It focuses on the nature and role of the entrepreneur, and of entrepreneurship, as revealed in...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship

   Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870

   By Alison Kay

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honor and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Pioneers in Marketing

   A Collection of Biographical Essays

   By D.G. Brian Jones

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Pioneers in Marketing: A Collection of Biographical Essays discusses eight historically important marketing scholars whose careers collectively spanned over 100 years. An introductory chapter describes the role of biography in the study of marketing thought, and introduces the eight subjects in...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. A History of Management Thought

   By Morgen Witzel

   For the past three thousand years people have been thinking about the problems of management. This book shows how thinking about management has evolved and changed. It shows how changing social, political and technological forces have challenged people to think about management in new ways, and how...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
7. Business History

   Complexities and Comparisons

   By Franco Amatori, Andrea Colli

   This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business – from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day. Business History is global in scope and looks at...

   Published June 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise

   A Comparison of the UK and Italy

   Edited by Franco Amatori, Robert Millward, Pier Angelo Toninelli

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience, it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise deals with a topic often undervalued in the past decade...

   Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
9. Narrating the Rise of Big Business in the USA

   How economists explain standard oil and Wal-Mart

   By Anne Mayhew

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   "This is a story about stories and specifically about some of the stories that Americans have told themselves about corporate economic power." In this book, Anne Mayhew focuses on the stories surrounding the creation of Standard Oil and Wal-Mart and their founders , John D. Rockefeller and Sam...

   Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge
10. Business History and International Business

    Edited by Peter Buckley

    Business History and International Business are cognate subjects. There are few, if any, studies of international business that do not require a proper study of context. International business decision making must be made relevant by a considered evaluation of the circumstances surrounding that...

    Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge