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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679642498
ISBN-13
9780679642497
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2273273

Product Key Features

Book Title
Company : a Short History of a Revolutionary Idea
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Economic History, Entrepreneurship, Corporate, Commerce, General, Corporate & Business History
Genre
Law, Business & Economics, History
Author
John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
Book Series
Modern Library Chronicles
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.3 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
4.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-026429
TitleLeading
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Reviews
Praise forThe CompanybyJohn MicklethwaitandAdrian Wooldridge "The limited-liability joint-stock company is a very marvel of the modern world economy, a historical force to rival religions, monarchies, and even states.The Companytells the colorful story of its birth and maturation-and its pervasive social and cultural consequences-with rare concision and flair." -David M. Kennedy, author ofFreedom from Fearand professor of history at Stanford University "A fascinating and delightful investigation both of how the guilds and 'corporate persons' of the Middle Ages turned into the institution from which so many people today directly and indirectly earn their daily bread and of the issues facing the company in the twenty-first century." -Daniel Yergin, author ofThe Prizeand coauthor ofThe Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, Praise for The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge "The limited-liability joint-stock company is a very marvel of the modern world economy, a historical force to rival religions, monarchies, and even states. The Company tells the colorful story of its birth and maturation-and its pervasive social and cultural consequences-with rare concision and flair." -David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear and professor of history at Stanford University "A fascinating and delightful investigation both of how the guilds and 'corporate persons' of the Middle Ages turned into the institution from which so many people today directly and indirectly earn their daily bread and of the issues facing the company in the twenty-first century." -Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize and coauthor of The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
338.7/4/09
Synopsis
Like all groundbreaking works, "The Company" fills a hole readers never knew was there, showing why it's impossible to understand the history of the past 400 years without placing the humble joint-stock company at the center of the picture. The authors reveal the company to be one of the great catalysts of world history., From the acclaimed authors of A Future Perfect comes the untold story of how the company became the world's most powerful institution. Like all groundbreaking books, The Company fills a hole we didn't know existed, revealing that we cannot make sense of the past four hundred years until we place that seemingly humble Victorian innovation, the joint-stock company, in the center of the frame. With their trademark authority and wit, Economist editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge reveal the company to be one of history's great catalysts, for good and for ill, a mighty engine for sucking in, recombining, and pumping out money, goods, people, and culture to every corner of the globe. What other earthly invention has the power to grow to any size, and to live to any age? What else could have given us both the stock market and the British Empire? The company man, the company town, and company time? Disneyfication and McDonald'sization, to say nothing of Coca-colonialism? Through its many mutations, the company has always incited controversy, and governments have always fought to rein it in. Today, though Marx may spin in his grave and anarchists riot in the streets, the company exercises an unparalleled influence on the globe, and understanding what this creature is and where it comes from has never been a more pressing matter. To the rescue come these acclaimed authors, with a short volume of truly vast range and insight.
LC Classification Number
HD2721.M45 2003

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