'Entrepreneurship in Victorian Britain' in M Casson, Entrepreneurship. Theory, networks and history

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Analyses the role of entrepreneurship in the growth of the Victorian economy, 1830-1900, focusing especially on entrepreneurship in transport and communication systems, notably project based ones such as construction - ie sectors which are identified as successful - and not manufacturing. Has sections: 'Background - key features of British economic and social development, 1830-90'; 'Concept of the entrepreneur in Victorian historiography'; 'Rise and decline of entrepreneurship in Victorian Britain - the debate'; 'Cultural explanations of entrepreneurial decline'; 'A project based view of the Victorian economy'; 'Role of entrepreneurs in the promotion of large projects - the case of the railway system'; 'Mining as a project based industry'; 'Entrepreneurship and the culture of improvement. Some reflections on the Victorian experience'