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Business in the age of extremes : essays in modern German and Austrian economic history
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ISBN: 9781107016958 9781139061827 9781107553057 1139061828 9781108633932 1108633935 1107016959 1107553059 1108635156 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This collection of essays explores the impact that nationalism, capitalism and socialism had on economics during the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe, contributors examine the role that businesspeople and enterprises played in Germany's and Austria's paths to the catastrophe of Nazism. Based on new archival research, the essays gathered here ask how the business community became involved in the political process and describes the consequences arising from that involvement. Particular attention is given to the responses of individual businesspeople to changing political circumstances and their efforts to balance the demands of their consciences with the pursuit for profit.


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Harrison McCain : single-minded purpose
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ISBN: 0773590234 9780773590236 9780773590243 0773590242 9780773543218 Year: 2013 Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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The only rival to Harrison McCain's entrepreneurial success was his deep attachment to his Maritime roots. From McCain's beginnings in Florenceville, New Brunswick, the early mentorship he received from K.C. Irving, to the global success of his corporate empire McCain Foods, Donald Savoie presents a compelling and candid biography of one of the most famous and down-to-earth figures in Canadian business history.


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Diamonds in the rough
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ISBN: 0817386742 9780817386740 9780817317942 0817317945 Year: 2013 Publisher: Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama Press

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Diamonds in the Rough reconstructs the historical moment that defined the Cahaba Coal Field, a mineral-rich area that stretches across sixty-seven miles and four counties of central Alabama. Combining existing written sources with oral accounts and personal recollections, James Sanders Day's Diamonds in the Rough describes the numerous coal operations in this region-later overshadowed by the rise of the Birmingham district and the larger Warrior Field to the north. Many of the capitalists are the same: Truman H. Aldrich, Henry F.


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Detroit's Cold War : the origins of postwar conservatism
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ISBN: 1283901714 0252094441 9780252037276 9780252094446 9781283901710 0252037278 9780252037276 Year: 2013 Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press,

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'Detroit's Cold War' locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labour and industry in post-war America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II.


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Anxious wealth : money and morality among China's new rich
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ISBN: 9780804783545 9780804783538 9780804785358 080478535X 0804783535 0804783543 Year: 2013 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,

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Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the course of more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accompanied, and in some instances assisted, wealthy Chinese businessmen as they courted clients, partners, and government officials. Drawing on his immersive experiences, Osburg invites readers to join him as he journeys through the new, highly gendered entertainment sites for Chinese businessmen, including karaoke clubs, saunas, and massage parlors—places specifically designed to cater to the desires and enjoyment of elite men. Within these spaces, a masculinization of business is taking place. Osburg details the complex code of behavior that governs businessmen as they go about banqueting, drinking, gambling, bribing, exchanging gifts, and obtaining sexual services. These intricate social networks play a key role in generating business, performing social status, and reconfiguring gender roles. But many entrepreneurs feel trapped by their obligations and moral compromises in this evolving environment. Ultimately, Osburg examines their deep ambivalence about China's future and their own complicity in the major issues of post-Mao Chinese society—corruption, inequality, materialism, and loss of trust.

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Dance with the bear : the Joe Rosenblatt story
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ISBN: 1607812371 9781607812371 9781607812364 1607812363 Year: 2013 Publisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press,

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