Preface; 1. Piscatorial politics in the early Parliaments of Elizabeth I G.
R. Elton; 2. Marriage as business: opinions on the rise in aristocratic
bridal portions in early modern England R. B. Outhwaite; 3. Age and
accumulation in the London business community, 1665-1720 Peter Earle; 4.
The use and abuse of credit in eighteenth-century England Julian Hoppit; 5.
Convicts, commerce and sovereignty: the forces behind the early settlement
of Australia C. H. Wilson; 6. 'Gentleman and Players' revisited: the
gentlemanly ideal, the business ideal and the professional ideal in English
literary culture Neil McKendrick; 7. The City, entrepreneurship and
insurance: two pioneers in invisible exports - the Phoenix Fire Office and
the Royal of Liverpool, 1800-90 Clive Trebilcock; 8. 'At the head of all
the new professions': the engineer in Victorian society W. J. Reader; 9.
Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht and the businessman in literature J. M.
Winter; 10. Lost opportunities: British business and businessmen during the
First World War B. W. E. Alford; 11. Ideology or pragmatism? the
nationalization of coal, 1916-46 Barry Supple; Bibliography of D. C.
Coleman's published works; Index.
