This text presents for the first time the history of international business, using both a case and contextual approach. Case studies from around the world are analyzed in both their internal and external contexts. Divided into five geographical sections--Europe, North America, Central America/South America/the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia/the Western Pacific--the text features case studies of particular businesses of various periods, as well as essays on international business and economic integration in the particular regions. Introductions to each section define main themes and relate the case studies to those themes; commentaries introduce each case study and summarize key issues.
This pioneering text is suitable for upper-division courses in international business history. It can also serve as a supplementary text in courses in international economic history, international economic relations, economic development, and comparative management
DENNIS M.P. MCCARTHY is Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames. His articles have appeared in publications such as
Humanities Magazine,
The Journal of Economic History, and
Business and Economic History. He is the author of
Colonial Bureaucracy and Creating Underdevelopment(1982).
Introduction: International Business and Context
Europe
Family Businesses Expanding Across Borders and Generations: The Medicis, Fuggers, and Rothschilds
Distinctive National Patterns of Multinational Emergence: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Sweden
Vignette: International Business and Economic Integration: EC92
North America
Singer and International Harvester in Late Imperial Russia
United Fruit Company in Costa Rica and Guatemala
Vignette: International Business and Economic Integration: The U.S.-Canada Free Trade Act
Central America/South America/Caribbean Basin
Mining at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1850-1930s: The Triumph of the lsd
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