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402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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An assessment of the role of smuggling in establishing American foreign relations traces the activities of illicit importer Charles L. Lawrence against the backdrop of the Civil War, changing views on patriotism, and Congressional tariffs on foreign luxuries.
3) The Charles Ilfeld Company: a study of the rise and decline of mercantile capitalism in New Mexico
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Harvard studies in business history volume 20
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xxi, 431 pages : maps, tables ; 24 cm.
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English
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xiv, 459 pages, : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises-and for these "adventurers" the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company.0Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company's way...
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x, 157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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"During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth century CE arrival of Islam in North Africa to the early twentieth-century building of European colonial railroads that linked the Sudan with the Atlantic--the Sahara was one of the world's great commercial highways, bringing gold, slaves, and other commodities northward and sending both manufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan. Historian Ralph A. Austen here...
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343 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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With the winds of trade war blowing as they have not done in decades, and left and right agreeing only on protectionism, a leading economist forcefully shows how a free and open economy is still the best way to advance the interests of working Americans.--
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xxviii, 366 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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A provocative look at what has worked - and what hasn't - in East Asian economics. It explores how policies ridiculed by economists created titans in Japan Korea and Taiwan, and are now behind the rise of China, while the best advice the West could offer sold its allies in south-east Asia down the economic river.
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xv, 190 pages ; 23 cm.
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Español
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"Mi nuevo libro tu negocio online, de la serie Hecho fácil! es la guía práctica para quienes tienen las ideas pero no la experiencia de crear y lanzar sus productos al mercado. Entonces para que gastar tiempo y dinero tratando de reinventar la rueda por ti mismo? Tu negocio online hecho fácil, te provee de las herramientas necesarias para diseñar tu página web, crear tu propia marca, darle presencia online a tu negocio y atraer clientes al tiempo...
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xix, 282 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses that once looked outdated are now springing with new life. Behold the Revenge of Analog. Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, small business owners,...
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viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Why doesn't the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone? What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else? When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to work, their anger may have been justifiable, but it was misdirected. The true conflict of our age isn't between the unemployed and the digital elite, or even...
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xx, 179 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Teaches you all about e-commerce and how to create your own online shop using WordPress and WooCommerce. Regardless of a business's size, e-commerce helps level the playing field, increases a business's exposure, allows companies to reach customers globally, and streamlines the fulfillment process. In the past, e-commerce websites were expensive, technically difficult, and time-consuming to create but not anymore. WordPress and WooCommerce together...
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