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Used book signed by John Micklethwait. Text very clean with few marks. Bookseller's small label to front paper. No jacket. Card cover very clean with few marks. The company is Britain's most influential invention-an idea which gave birth to the Industrial Revolution and which underpins modern life. 214 pages. A clean copy.

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Ex-library with usual stamps and stickers\nFrom Publishers Weekly\nConsidering the astounding impact companies have had on every corner of civilization, it's amazing that the development of the institution has been largely unexamined. Economist editors Micklethwait and Wooldridge present a compact and timely book that deftly sketches the history of the company. They trace its progress from Assyrian partnership agreements through the 16th-and 17th-century European "charter companies" that opened trade with distant parts of the world, to today's multinationals. The authors' breadth of knowledge is impressive. They infuse their engaging prose with a wide range of cultural, historical and literary references, with quotes from poets to presidents. Micklethwait and Wooldrige point out that the enormous power wielded by the company is nothing new. Companies were behind the slave trade, opium and imperialism, and the British East India Company ruled the subcontinent with its standing army of native troops, outmanning the British army two to one. By comparison, the modern company is a bastion of restraint and morality. In a short, final chapter on the company's future, the authors argue against the fear, in antiglobalization circles, that "a handful of giant companies are engaged in a `silent takeover' of the world. " Indeed, trends point toward large organizations breaking into smaller units. Moreover, the authors argue that for all the change companies have engendered over time, their force has been for an aggregate good. \nCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. \n\nFrom Library Journal\nTwo Economist staffers explain how the joint-stock company became today's corporate giant. \nCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Modern Library Chronicles. pp. 256. 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches.

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0679642498 A wonderful copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged with a library stamp. Very clean.

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Chosen by "BusinessWeek as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year "With apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John...

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New book, unmarked, in crisp dj.; Modern Library Chronicles; 0.79 x 7.48 x 4.72 Inches; 225 pages; From the acclaimed authors of A Future Perfect comes the untold story of how the company became the world’ s most powerful institution. Like all groundbreaking books, The Company fills a hole we didn’ t know existed, revealing that we cannot make sense of the past four hundred years until we place that seemingly humble Victorian innovation, the joint-stock company, in the center of the frame. With their trademark authority and wit, Economist editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge reveal the company to be one of history’ s great catalysts, for good and for ill, a mighty engine for sucking in, recombining, and pumping out money, goods, people, and culture to every corner of the globe. What other earthly invention has the power to grow to any size, and to live to any age? What else could have given us both the stock market and the British Empire? The company man, the company town, and company time? Disneyfication and McDonald’ sization, to say nothing of Coca-colonialism? Through its many mutations, the company has always incited controversy, and governments have always fought to rein it in. Today, though Marx may spin in his grave and anarchists riot in the streets, the company exercises an unparalleled influence on the globe, and understanding what this creature is and where it comes from has never been a more pressing matter. To the rescue come these acclaimed authors, with a short volume of truly vast range and insight.

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