The Palgrave Handbook of Management History

1. Introduction to Management History: debates and methodology -- 2. Work, Organization and Commerce in the Pre-Modern World -- 3. The Foundations of Modern Management -- 4. The Classic Age of Management Thought (mid-19th century until 1939) -- 5. Management in the Age of Prosperity (1940s – 1980) -- 6. Management in an Age of Crisis (1980s-) -- 7. Management in Eastern Europe -- 8. Management in the Asia Pacific -- 9. Management in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean littoral -- 10. Management in the South Atlantic littoral -- 11. Postmodernism in Management