Risk and Failure in English Business 1700-1800 (Paperback, Revised)

This major study considers bankruptcy in eighteenth-century England. Typically, business enterprise in this period has been seen as a success story - where men like Boulton, Watt, Wedgwood and Arkwright helped to forge the Industrial Revolution. But this is a myth, for thousands of businesses failed, hounded by their creditors into bankruptcy and ignominy. This book charts their history by looking at the incidence and causes of bankruptcy and by examining contemporary reactions to these. In this way, not only is evidence produced to improve our understanding of the nature of business enterprise, but the dynamics of the eighteenth-century economy over both the short and the long term are uncovered.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2002
First published:	1987
Authors:	Julian Hoppit
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89087-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Money & Finance > General
LSN:	0-521-89087-X
Barcode:	9780521890878

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