British mercantile houses--privately financed commercial enterprises dealing in the import and export of goods--integrated Argentine production into the world e

Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revo

Drawing on largely unexplored nineteenth- and twentieth-century sources, this book offers an in-depth study of Britain’s presence in Argentina. Its subjects i

Covers British trade with the republics of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

The development of public transit is an integral part of both business and urban history in late nineteenth-century America. The author begins this study in 188