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Documents of the First chambers of Commerce in Britain and Ireland, 1767-1839

Robert J. Bennett (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
600 Seiten
2018
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-726624-3 (ISBN)
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Early chamber of commerce documents are valuable sources for economic and political history. They shed new light on a world of collective action for political campaigns and business services. This volume collects documents from all chambers in the UK and Ireland founded 1767-1839, setting them in context and providing scholarly notes.
This book is the first systematic collection of documents for the history of early chambers of commerce. The documents cover all local chambers founded 1767-1839 as well as those that were unsuccessful in establishment. It covers all chambers in the UK and Ireland, and the significant developments in the early USA, Canada, and Jamaica. This provides to other researchers, local libraries, and archives a firm foundation of aligned local information.

The documents include the rules, charters, and founding process of all chambers, which are analysed in the Introduction. The documents also cover the wider discourse from the 1690s that preceded chamber foundation, how differences of opinion and disputes between members were managed, their main political campaigns, their most significant services and activities, how parliamentary law agents were deployed, and their relation with the General Chamber of Manufactures 1785-7 and the union of chambers 1790-1805. An appendix lists all known early chamber members 1767-1839 and provides information on their business characteristics. The documents and the commentary challenge previous academic assessments offering important new insights into chamber persistence and interrelations with protest and 'reform' agendas.

The English-law chambers have common origins and retain the unifying characteristic of being formed under common law as independent voluntary bodies. This contrasts with most European chamber models. With no compulsory membership, the documents evidence how early chamber leaders developed methods to manage the dynamics of exit, voice, and loyalty, and encourage involvement in order to limit free riding.

Bob Bennett is an international expert on small businesses, business associations, and local economic development. Author of many books and research papers, he has a long association with chambers and was commissioned by the national association, British Chambers of Commerce, to provide their development strategy in 1990. Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge, he was previously a professor at the London School of Economics, and has held visiting positions in the USA, Australia, and Europe. He has been advisor to various Parliamentary Committees and organisations in the public and private sectors. In 2010 he produced a path-breaking history of the first Liverpool chamber of commerce 1774 - c. 1796. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is also the author of Local Business Voice: The History of Chambers of Commerce in Britain, Ireland, and Revolutionary America, 1760-2011.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Records of Social and Economic History ; 55
Zusatzinfo 11 figures and 2 maps
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 164 x 243 mm
Gewicht 1306 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10 0-19-726624-X / 019726624X
ISBN-13 978-0-19-726624-3 / 9780197266243
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