Global electrification : multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light...
Global electrification : multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light...
Global electrification : multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007 / William J. Hausman, Peter Hertner, Mira Wilkins.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N333.7932/ 37
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English
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xxiv, 487 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Concepts -- 1. The Invention and Spread of Electric Utilities, with a Measure of the Extent of Foreign Ownership -- 2. Multinational Enterprise and International Finance -- Pt. II. Changes -- 3. Every City, 1880-1914 -- 4. War, the First Nationalization, Restructuring, and Renewal, 1914-1929...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"This book examines how multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the course of electrification around the world. Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s through the first three decades of the twentieth century. This book, a unique cooperative effort by the three...
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Global electrification : multinational enterprise and international finance in the history of light and power, 1878-2007 / William J. Hausman, Peter Hertner, Mira Wilkins.
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Cambridge studies in global enterprise.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-460) and index.
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N333.7932/ 37
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74VMQMkz8d2Z
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9780521880350 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
333.7932
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991000404879702626
