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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521890878
eBay Product ID (ePID)86592522
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameRisk and Failure in English Business 1700-1800
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFinance, History
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
AuthorJulian Hoppit
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height228 mm
Item Weight390 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJulian Hoppit