A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II : Converging Trends and the Future of the Global Market

A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume II offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise. Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 12 List of Boxes 16 Preface 18 Acknowledgments 20 Part I: Transition to an Industrial Society 21 1 The Evolution of Commerce and Industry 22 2 The Path to Industrialization 31 Part II: Transformation of British Commerce and Industry 40 3 Rebuilding British Commerce and Industry 41 4 Postwar Commerce and Industry in Britain 51 5 UK Commerce and Industry in the New Millennium 71 Part III: German Commerce and Industry in War and Peace 93 6 German Commerce and Industry in the Interwar Years 94 7 The Germany Economy After Reunification 112 8 Commerce and Industry in a United Germany 128 Part IV: Japan’s Path to a Modern Industrial State 149 9 Commerce and Industry in the Meiji Period 150 10 Twentieth-Century Japanese Commerce and Industry 171 11 Japan in the Twenty-First Century 192 Part V: U.S. Commerce and Industry in a Global Economy 215 12 U.S. Commerce and Industry in Crisis and Renewal 216 13 Postwar Industrial Leadership 236 14 U.S. Commerce and Industry in the Global Economy 254 About the Author 278 References 279 Index 304 Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Evolution of Commerce and Industry....Pages 3-11 The Path to Industrialization....Pages 13-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Rebuilding British Commerce and Industry....Pages 25-34 Postwar Commerce and Industry in Britain....Pages 35-54 UK Commerce and Industry in the New Millennium....Pages 55-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 German Commerce and Industry in the Interwar Years....Pages 79-96 The Germany Economy After Reunification....Pages 97-112 Commerce and Industry in a United Germany....Pages 113-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Commerce and Industry in the Meiji Period....Pages 137-157 Twentieth-Century Japanese Commerce and Industry....Pages 159-179 Japan in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 181-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 U.S. Commerce and Industry in Crisis and Renewal....Pages 207-226 Postwar Industrial Leadership....Pages 227-244 U.S. Commerce and Industry in the Global Economy....Pages 245-268 Back Matter....Pages 269-315