Industrial Finance, 1830-1914. The finance and organization of English manufacturing industry
Details:
- Author(s) Cottrell, P L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages 298pp; illus
- Publisher Methuen
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Finance of production & trade
- Name Joint stock company & limited liability structures
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Investors & investor behaviour
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Seminal account. Published 1980. Adopts chronological and thematic approach. Has a focus on joint stock company as a vehicle for fund raising but also generally covers business finance via banks, individuals, etc. Has chapters: 'Financing the industrial revolution - institutional change'; 'Financing the industrial revolution - textiles, coal and iron'; 'Development of company law, 1825-1914'; 'Shares and shareholders of early limited companies'; 'Cotton and iron - the provinces and the metropolis, 1855-85'; 'Private companies and public combines, 1885-1914'; 'Banks and the finance of industry'; 'Internal and private sources of funds'