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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I Also by David E. McNabb Nation-Building in the Baltic States (with Gundar J. King) Nonsampling Error in Social Surveys Research Methods for Public Administration and Nonprofit Organizations Energy Policy in the U.S. (with Laurence Geri) Case Research in Public Management The New Face of Government Research Methods in Political Science: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Knowledge Management in the Public Sector: Blueprint for Innovation in Government Public Utilities: Management Challenges for the 21st Century A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I Four Paths to an Industrialized World David E. McNabb A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, VOLUME I Copyright © David E. McNabb 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-50325-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-349-69981-0 E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-137-50326-8 DOI: 10.1057/9781137503268 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McNabb, David E. A comparative history of commerce and industry / David E. McNabb. volumes cm Contents: Volume I. Four Paths to an Industrialized World — Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Commerce—History. 2. Industries—History. 3. International trade—History. I. Title. HF352.M36 2015 338.09—dc23 2015020056 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. For my family Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Boxes xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Part I: The Beginnings of Commerce and Industry 1 Introduction 3 2 Commerce and Trade in Early Civilization 7 Part II: Entrepreneurial Commerce and Industry in Great Britain 3 Foundations of Commerce and Industry in Britain 23 4 Early Industrialization in England and Wales, 1760–1814 45 5 Global Leadership in Commerce and Industry, 1815–1914 67 Part III: Managed Commerce and Industry in Germany 6 Foundations of German Commerce and Industry 85 7 German Business in the Premodern Age, 1350–1800 109 8 Commerce and Industry in a United Germany, 1871–1914 125 viii Contents Part IV: Networked Commerce and Industry in Japan 9 Foundations of Japanese Commerce and Industry 145 10 Commerce in the Kamakura and Ashikaga/Muromachi Shogunates 167 11 Tokugawa Isolation, Commerce, and Industry, 1603–1868 181 Part V: Competitive Commerce and Industry in the United States 12 Commerce and Trade in Colonial America: 1609 to 1789 201 13 Post–Revolutionary War Commerce and Trade 215 14 Beginnings of an Industrial Nation, 1865–1920 229 About the Author 245 References 247 Index 253 List of Figures 2.1 Different levels and types of trade 8 3.1 Administrative districts and roads in Roman Britain in 410 25 5.1 Stages of British commercial and industrial leadership 68 5.2 Narrow boats 72 14.1 Forces helping to build a national market in the United States, 1865–1920 231
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