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Kinship and Capitalism

Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

By: Richard Grassby

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Kinship and Capitalism

Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

By: Richard Grassby

This study reconstructs the lives of urban business families during England's emergence as a world economic power.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521782031

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9780521782036

The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England

By: Richard Grassby

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The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England

By: Richard Grassby

A comprehensive study of the business community in a pre-industrial economy.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521890861

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The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution

By: Richard Grassby

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The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution

By: Richard Grassby

Invented in post-industrial 19th century Europe, the idea of capitalism originally sought to describe and explain the distinctive characteristics of an emerging modern world. Since then, capitalism has served to identify an economic system, a particular social structure, and a set of cultural values and mental attitudes. The subject of continuous debate among scholars for more than a century, capitalism has been accorded so many definitions, it is now virtually meaningless. Depending upon the interpreter, capitalism is synonymous with the market economy, the division of labor, credit creation, economic concentration, social polarization, class formation, the decline of kinship and community, patriarchy, property rights, contracts, acquisitiveness, the work ethic, conspicuous consumption, individualism and entrepreneurship. Noted economic historian Richard Grassby investigates the origins and evolution of the idea of capitalism to illustrate for readers the true nature, merits, and the future of capitalism. Grassby examines its numerous and often conflicting definitions, and he tests alternative models of capitalism against the historical record to establish when, where, how, and why modern economies and societies emerged. Although Grassby argues that capitalism is a concept with diminished explanatory power, he shows the influence of this powerful idea on the formation of the world we live in. This is required reading for classes on World history, modern European history, and economic history.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461644445

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A History of Management Accounting

The British Experience

By: Richard Edwards,Trevor Boyns

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A History of Management Accounting

The British Experience

By: Richard Edwards,Trevor Boyns

There is growing interest in the history of accounting amongst both accounting practitioners and accounting academics. This interest developed steadily from about 1970 and really ‘took off’ in the 1990s. However, there is a lack of texts dealing with major aspects of accounting history that can be used in classrooms, to inform new researchers, and to provide a source of reference for established researchers.The great deal of research into cost and management accounting in Britain published in academic journals over the last twenty years–including the authors' own contributions–makes The History of Cost and Management Accounting an essential contribution to the field.

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Routledge

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1136232656

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9781136232657

A History of Corporate Financial Reporting in Britain

By: John Richard Edwards

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A History of Corporate Financial Reporting in Britain

By: John Richard Edwards

A History of Corporate Financial Reporting provides an understanding of the procedures and practices which constitute corporate financial reporting in Britain, at different points of time, and how and why those practices changed and became what they are now. Its particular focus is the external financial reporting practices of joint stock companies. This is worth knowing about given the widely held view that Britain (i) pioneered modern financial reporting, and (ii) played a primary role in the development of both capital markets and professional accountancy. The book makes use of a principal and agent framework to study accounting’s past, but one where the failure of managers always to supply the information that users’ desire is given full recognition. It is shown that corporate financial reporting did not develop into its current state in a straightforward and orderly fashion. Each era produces different environmental conditions and imposes new demands on accounting. A proper understanding of accounting developments therefore requires a careful examination of the interrelationship between accountants and accounting techniques on the one hand and, on the other, the social and economic context within which changes took place. The book’s corporate coverage starts with the legendary East India Company, created in 1600, and continues through the heyday of the statutory trading companies founded to build Britain’s canals (commencing in the 1770s) and railways (commencing c.1829) to focus, principally, on the limited liability company fashioned by the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 and the Limited Liability Act 1855. The story terminates in 2005 when listed companies were required to prepare their consolidated accounts in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, thus signalling the effective end of British accounting.

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1351373471

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British Society 1680-1880

Dynamism, Containment and Change

By: Richard Price

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British Society 1680-1880

Dynamism, Containment and Change

By: Richard Price

A major interpretation of British history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521657016

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9780521657013

Memorial of Adare Manor

By: Caroline Wyndham Quin,Edwin Richard W. Wyndham Quin

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Memorial of Adare Manor

By: Caroline Wyndham Quin,Edwin Richard W. Wyndham Quin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. By Caroline, Countess of Dunraven, with Historical Notices of Adare, by her son, The Earl of Dunraven.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752589086

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9783752589085

And Then the Murders Began: Classic Literature Bestsellers' Opening Lines ReImagined Darkly,

By: Richard Saunders

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And Then the Murders Began: Classic Literature Bestsellers' Opening Lines ReImagined Darkly,

By: Richard Saunders

The Mystery To This Book ...is to make you smile, laugh, or just shake your head. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, Ôand what is the use of a book, Õ thought Alice Ôwithout pictures or conversations?Õ And then the murders began. AliceÕs Adventures In Wonderland, By Lewis Carroll It all started with a small quote from Marc Laidlaw who created a nice approach to revisiting first lines of books. His 3 March 2017 tweet said, ÒThe first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, 'And then the murders began.'Ó You can try this for yourself as you go Ð take only the first line and add ÒAnd then the murders began.Ó The results are more often than not incredibly hilarious. And even non-fiction can be as surprising. Above all, the idea is to have fun. Get Your Copy Now.

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Lulu.com

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1365866939

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9781365866937

Watership Down

A Novel

By: Richard Adams

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Watership Down

A Novel

By: Richard Adams

Now with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe. The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless classic, the tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—“a classic yarn of discovery and struggle” (The New York Times). A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren, through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, and toward the dream of a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. “Spellbinding…Marvelous…A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit and derring-do.” —Chicago Tribune

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Simon and Schuster

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1439176124

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9781439176122

Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States

A Guide for Identification

By: France Royer,Richard Dickinson

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Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States

A Guide for Identification

By: France Royer,Richard Dickinson

This impressive, richly illustrated field guide identifies more than 150 noxious weeds. 800 colour photos show the weeds at five critical stages and help to distinguish another 100 related species. Information on weed legislation by province and state is also listed. A first of its kind, this book is an extraordinary resource for a multitude of users, whether farmer, landscaper, weed specialist, or gardener. [New book, Weeds of North America, available from University of Chicago Press.]

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University of Alberta

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088864311X

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9780888643117

Money, Politics and Power

Banking and Public Finance in Wartime England, 1694–96

By: Richard A. Kleer

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Money, Politics and Power

Banking and Public Finance in Wartime England, 1694–96

By: Richard A. Kleer

The Nine Years’ War with France was a period of great institutional innovation in public finance and of severe monetary turmoil for England. It saw the creation of the Bank of England; a sudden sharp fall in the external value of the pound; a massive undertaking to melt down and recoin most of the nation’s silver currency; a failed attempt to create a National Land Bank as a competitor to the Bank of England; and the ensuing outbreak of a sharp monetary and financial crisis. Histories of this period usually divide these events into two main topics, treated in isolation from one another: the recoinage debate and ensuing monetary crisis and a ‘battle of the banks’. The first is often interpreted as the pyrrhic victory of a creditor-dominated parliament over the nation’s debtors, one that led very predictably to the ensuing monetary crisis. The second has been construed as a contest between whig-merchant and tory-gentry visions of the proper place of banking in England’s future. This book binds the two strands into a single narrative, resulting in a very different interpretation of both. Parliamentary debate over the recoinage was superficial and misleading; beneath the surface, it was just another front for the battle of the banks. And the latter had little to do with competing philosophies of economic development; it was rather a pragmatic struggle for profit and power, involving interlocking contests between two groups of financiers and two sets of politicians within the royal administration. The monetary crisis of summer 1696 was not the result of poor planning by the Treasury; rather it was a continuation of the battle of the banks, fought on new ground but with the same ultimate intent – to establish dominance in the lucrative business of private lending to the crown.

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Routledge

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1351713353

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A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History

Volume I: 1066–1688

By: Richard Barras

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A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History

Volume I: 1066–1688

By: Richard Barras

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prevailing mode of production is operating most effectively, surplus wealth is most plentiful, and the dominant class rules supreme. During such periods of stability and prosperity, the demand for new buildings is strong, structural and stylistic innovations abound, and there is fierce competition to build for lasting fame. Each such climax produces a unique vintage of hegemonic buildings that are monuments to the wealth and power of those who ruled their world. This first volume provides an introduction to the study of wealth accumulation over the past millennium. There follow three case studies of iconic building investment from the eleventh to the seventeenth century. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries the conquering Norman kings and barons erected castles throughout the country to cement their feudal power. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the great wealth of the ecclesiastical estates funded the lavish construction of Gothic cathedrals and abbeys. During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Tudor and Jacobean magnates vied to build the most magnificent palaces and prodigy houses. The English Revolution brought this era to a close.

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Springer

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1137319216

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9781137319210

Defending Country

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service Since 1945

By: Noah Riseman,Richard Trembath

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Defending Country

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service Since 1945

By: Noah Riseman,Richard Trembath

The role of Aboriginal servicemen and women has only recently been brought to the forefront of conversation about Australia’s war history. This important book makes a key contribution to recording the role played by Indigenous Australians in our recent military history. Written by two respected historians and based on a substantial number of interviews with Indigenous war veterans who have hitherto been without a voice, it combines the best of social and military history in one book. This will be the first book to focus on this previously neglected part of Australian social history.

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702257125

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9780702257124

Stikeman Elliott

New Millennium, New Paradigms Volume 2

By: Richard W. Pound

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Stikeman Elliott

New Millennium, New Paradigms Volume 2

By: Richard W. Pound

In its sixty-year existence, the Stikeman Elliott firm has played a role in many of the most significant transactions in Canadian business history, appearing before the major courts of the country in precedent-setting litigation. Its members are at the top of the legal profession and its reach is global. Clients include major foreign investors requiring advice for entry into Canada, as well as for investments in many other parts of the world. In Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years, Richard Pound recounted how Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott developed their small law practice into a national and global organization. Here Pound details the firm's global expansion at a time of worldwide economic uncertainty. Embracing both diversity and corporate social responsibility, the organization's unwavering commitment to client confidentiality, knowledge management, and recruiting and retaining lawyers and staff of the highest quality has helped Stikeman Elliott retain its place as one of the preeminent business law firms in the country. An insightful look at recent innovations put into practice, Stikeman Elliott: New Millennium, New Paradigms offers an insider's view of a firm which has carved out an important role in Canadian legal and business history.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773588434

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9780773588431

The Sociology of Economic Life

By: Mark Granovetter

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The Sociology of Economic Life

By: Mark Granovetter

This book incorporates classic and contemporary readings in economic sociology and related disciplines to provide students with a broad understanding of the many dimensions of economic life. It discusses Max Weber's key concepts in economics and sociology.

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0429962886

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9780429962882

The Limits of Absolutism in ancien régime France

By: Richard Bonney

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The Limits of Absolutism in ancien régime France

By: Richard Bonney

This selection of articles is organized around three broad themes: the nature of the governing system in France (’Absolutism’); the political crisis of the mid-17th-century (the ’Fronde’); and the development of royal finance. The author first considers the growth of the French state in its ideological and institutional aspects, then the opposition such developments provoked, much centred on the figure of Cardinal Mazarin. In the last section particular attention is given to fiscal history, including a comparison of mid-18th-century France with the other states of Europe. Professor Bonney would argue that the ’fiscal imperative’, the increased requirements posed by the costs of war, and the long-term consequences of fiscal growth may be seen as one of the decisive factors in the development of the modern state.

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