Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

by Ian Bradley
Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

by Ian Bradley

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Overview

This is the story of 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists who came from relatively humble origins and rose through hard work, inventiveness and application to become among the richest and most influential men of their generation. The businesses they created are for the most part still thriving today and include such household names as Cadburys, Rowntrees, Colmans, Boots, Huntley & Palmers and Unilever. Deeply imbued with the values of Victorian Liberalism and of Nonconformity, they showed an active and practical concern for their employees, providing them with housing, health care, education, recreation and entertainment. They also founded charitable trusts such as The Old Vic Theatre and Royal Holloway College, and model communities such as Saltaire.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780745952710
Publisher: Lion Hudson
Publication date: 04/20/2007
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ian Bradley is Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of St Andrews. A former political correspondent for The Times, his books for Lion include The Call to Seriousness (2006), Enlightened Entrepreneurs (2007) and Believing in Britain (2008)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 6

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 9

1 Thomas Holloway (1800-83) 19

2 Sir Titus Salt (1803-76) 35

3 Samuel Morley (1809-86) 50

4 George Palmer (1818-97) 66

5 Jeremiah James Colman (1830-98) 86

6 Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) 105

7 George Cadbury (1839-1922) 125

8 Joseph Rowntree (1836-1925) 144

9 Jesse Boot (1850-1931) 159

10 William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) 177

Suggestions for further reading 206

Index 208

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