Merchants and Shopkeepers
Author | : P. H. Gulliver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015034886427 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Download or read book Merchants and Shopkeepers written by P. H. Gulliver and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Thomastown, Ireland, exploring the town's 800-year history of commerce and focusing on merchants and shopkeepers during the last 200 years. It describes the entrepreneurial strategies of shopkeepers and the persistence or decline of family businesses, with discussions on dependency models, ideas of modernization, class structure, and the socio-economics of small businesses. Of interest to anthropologists and students. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR