Local Business Voice. History of chambers of commerce in Britain, Ireland and Revolutionary America, 1760-2011
Details:
- Author(s) Bennett, Robert J
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 921pp; illus
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Business & related networks, exc mercantile networks
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Business interest representation & co-operation
Countries:
- Ireland
- United States
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Scholarly and comprehensive account of chambers of commerce movement in Britain from its beginnings dealing on the one hand with local variations and on the other broad trends and dynamics. Arranged in six parts: 1]Overview; 2]'Forces, origins and diffusion'; 3] 'Structure tensions' - governance, management and resources; recognition and public status; national voice and local voice'; 4] Activities; 5] Members; 6] 'Then and now'. An appendix 'Historical benchmarking. Data compilation and alignment' are notes explaining an online dataset [the Data Archive] providing a mass of data relating to individual chambers. Includes also a bibliography of publications re c60 chambers [many but not all of which appear in BHE]