Are entrepreneurs essentially the same everywhere? Are the processes of entrepreneurship similar? Or are they shaped by their environments? If so, how? This study brings insights from entrepreneurship to comparative institutions and varieties of capitalism, and vice versa, and draws on two...

The use of child workers was widespread in textile manufacturing by the late eighteenth century. A particularly vital supply of child workers was via the parish apprenticeship trade, whereby pauper children could move from the 'care' of poor law officialdom to the 'care' of early industrial...

One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a...

Prelims -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Evolution of Insolvency law in France -- 2 The Reforms of the Enterprise Act 2002 and the Floating Charge as a Security Device -- 3 The Effect of the Enterprise Act 2002: Empirical Research into Corporate Insolvency -- 4 Comment and Summary...

This book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on privileged access to the British...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 HYPERINFLATION AND STABILIZATION -- 2 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND -- 3 STABILIZATION POLICY CHOICES IN POST-LIBERATION GREECE -- 4 THE "VARVARESSOS EXPERIMENT -- 5 THE LONDON AGREEMENT OF...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Casting Empire -- I. Very Particularly Situated -- 2. Capitalists in the Neighborhood -- 3. Just a Minute -- 4. Where Are These Records? -- 5. The "Saints" Come Marching In -- 6. Projecting Identities -- 7. Casting Labor in the Imperial...