| Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior Revised Edition Contributor(s): Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Author), R. P. T., Davenport-Hines (Author) |
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ISBN: 052189400X ISBN-13: 9780521894005 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Dudley Docker (1862???1944) was one of the most powerful European businessmen of his era, through his secretiveness and taste for intrigue served to obscure his importance. This book is a feat of detection and historical reconstruction which establishes him as a figure of substantial influence. Like all good business history it transcends narrow departmental interests. It is a solid mixture of business, economic, political, social and even diplomatic history. It sketches the life and times of Docker: it describes the deals he fixed, recounts the rise and fall of the companies he directed, but also recreates the milieu in which he worked and portrays British socio-economic history from his standpoint. The book??'s chief theme is the decline of British industrial hegemony since 1880. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Life and Times of a Trade Warrior |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dudley Docker (1862-1944) was one of the most powerful European businessmen of his era, through his secretiveness and taste for intrigue served to obscure his importance. This book is a feat of detection and historical reconstruction which establishes him as a figure of substantial influence. Like all good business history it transcends narrow departmental interests. It is a solid mixture of business, economic, political, social and even diplomatic history. It sketches the life and times of Docker: it describes the deals he fixed, recounts the rise and fall of the companies he directed, but also recreates the milieu in which he worked and portrays British socio-economic history from his standpoint. The book's chief theme is the decline of British industrial hegemony since 1880. |