{"product_id":"founding-corporate-power-in-early-national-philadelphia-9780875803692","title":"Founding Corporate Power in Early National","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes the establishment, growth, and operations of both commercial and municipal corporations in the nation's premier city, Philadelphia. This work argues that corporations helped to generate the relatively diffuse prosperity of the early national period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply researched, richly detailed case study of the origins of corporate power in the new nation's \"first city,\" Andrew M. Schocket deftly unravels an enigma that has plagued historians and observers of the early republic since Alexis de Tocqueville disembarked in Philadelphia in 1831.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis intelligent book considers a central issue of the early American republic and U.S. history: why was political democratization coeval with the consolidation of economic power by a relatively small group of elites?\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully researched and well-written. The refreshing tone of this entertaining and insightful book cannot be overstated. It should surely find a place on reading lists of business historians and students of entrepreneurship for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Economic History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Establishing Corporations\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Incorporating the Opposition\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Incorporating Money\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Incorporating the City\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Incorporating the Countryside\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Creating a Corporate Sphere\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Methodology and Sources\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406419370327,"sku":"9780875803692","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803692.jpg?v=1730495734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/founding-corporate-power-in-early-national-philadelphia-9780875803692","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}