ISBN10: 0199738815, ISBN13: 9780199738816, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. As the global economic crisis that developed in the year 2008 makes clear, it is essential for educated individuals to understand the history that underlies contemporary economic developments. This Encyclopedia offers students and scholars access to information about the concepts, institutions/organizations, events, and individuals that have shaped the history of economics, business, and labor from the origins of what became the United States in an earlier age of globalization and the expansion of capitalism to the present. It includes entries that explore the changing character of capitalism from the seventeenth century to the present; the evolution of business practices and organizations; describe changes in the labor force as legally free workers replaced a labor force dominated by slaves and indentures; treat the means by which workers sought to better their lives; and that deal with government policies and practices that affected economic activities, business developments, and the lives of working people. This Encyclopedia includes readily at hand information about key economic concepts and theories, major economists, diverse sectors of the economy, the history of economic and financial crises, major business organizations and their founders, labor organizations and their leaders, and specific government policies and judicial rulings that have shaped US ec ...
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ISBN10: 0199738815, ISBN13: 9780199738816, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover 1st edition. 1138 pages. 10.60x7.80x3.70 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

Oxford University Press, USA 2013 Hardcover New 1st edition. 1138 pages. 10.60x7.80x3.70 inches.