Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900
From 1600 to 1900, powerful companies played a defining role in shaping commerce and global affairs. In Merchant Kings, Stephen R. Bown explores this important era of corporate influence, offering a broad historical perspective on the organizations and forces that helped transform the world.
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Merchant Kings examines the period from 1600 to 1900, when companies wielded extraordinary influence in the world.
Stephen R. Bown presents a historical exploration of corporate power and its relationship to commerce and global affairs.
The book considers how business organizations helped shape a changing world across three centuries.
It offers a broad look at the historical forces connecting companies, trade, and power.
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