The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800-1930

by Michael Steven Smith

In this magisterial study, Michael Smith explains how France left behind small-scale merchant capitalism for the large corporate enterprises that would eventually dominate its domestic economy and project French influence throughout the world.

Arguing against the long-standing view that French economic and business development was crippled by missed opportunities and entrepreneurial failures, Smith presents a story of considerable achievement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019393
• ISBN13: 9780674019393
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.6"