Screen LibraryCorporate spirit : religion and the rise of the modern corporation /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 204 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199372652 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0199372659 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | HF5388 |
| CLC: |
B9-05 F272-05 |
| Call Number: | F272-05/P849 |
| Contents: | Part one: Corporate organization in Roman antiquity and medieval Europe. Founding visions: the ancient roots of corporate organization -- "So poignant a memory of the past": corporate accountability in medieval Christendom -- "We need not see the church with the eyes": corporate presence in late medieval and early modern Europe -- Part two: Corporate organization in America. "The hearty hand of friendship": new men and corporate enterprise in British America -- Sanctifying contracts and persons: corporate organization in America's "infant republics" -- "The real nature and spirit of our lives": the evolution of corporate personality, 1865-1920 -- "The very heart and soul and spirit of our national will": promoting the corporate dream, 1920-1980 -- Between faith and delusion: corporate credit after 1980. |