Hoisery and knitwear is familiar as a traditional British industry of small-scale family firms. This pioneer study traces in rich detail the tensions between internal aspirations of leaders (craftmanship, lifestyle, and supporting infrastructure) and external pressures (banks, wholesalers, chain store groups, and takeovers). The industry's history is traced from its beginnings in the early 1600s down to the end of the twentieth century.

Hosiery and Knitwear: Four Centuries of Small-Scale Industry in Britain, c. 1589-2000 (Pasold Studies in Textile History)

Business & Money

Chapman, Stanley

Economics

Oxford University Press

This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market, of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the growth of international business.  Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses together with a wide range of archives and published work in Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital, floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant banks.   While mindful of the subtleties of international financial connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove equally interesting to students of history, business and finance, and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London and the international economy.

The Rise of Merchant Banking (Economic History)

Reference

Routledge

This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market, of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the growth of international business. Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses together with a wide range of archives and published work in Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital, floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant banks. While mindful of the subtleties of international financial connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove equally interesting to students of history, business and finance, and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London and the international economy.

Merchant Enterprise in Britain: From the Industrial Revolution to World War I

Studies of the British Industrial Revolution and of the Victorian period of economic and social development have until very recently concentrated on British industries and industrial regions, while commerce and finance, and particularly that of London, have been substantially neglected. This has distorted our view of the process of change, since financial services and much trade continued to be centred on the metropolis, and the south-east region never lost its position at the top of the national league of wealth.

Cambridge University Press

An early surrealist novel, written by automatic writing while the author was in a trance, presents characters that appear and disappear like the figures in a dream

Liberty or Love!

Literature & Fiction

DESNOS, Robert

World Literature

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Hosiery and Knitwear: Four Centuries of Small-Scale Industry in Britain, c. 1589-2000 (Pasold Studies in Textile History)

The Rise of Merchant Banking (Economic History)

The Rise of Merchant Banking (Economic History)

Merchant Enterprise in Britain: From the Industrial Revolution to World War I

Merchant Enterprise in Britain: From the Industrial Revolution to World War I

Liberty or Love!