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Collen: 200 Years of Building and Civil Engineering in Ireland, A History of the Collen Family Business, 1810-2010
John Walsh
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Description for Collen: 200 Years of Building and Civil Engineering in Ireland, A History of the Collen Family Business, 1810-2010
Hardcover.
The family firm, once regarded as a transitory phenomenon on the way to a more sophisticated model of business organization, is now recognized internationally as an enduring element in modern industrial capitalism. Collen offers an informed and accessible discussion of a significant family-run institution which has operated throughout the island of Ireland since its foundation. The author makes use of untapped archival sources to analyse the fortunes of the company and illuminate the changing political, economic and social realities that shaped the context for its development. He explores how a family enterprise adapted to the far-reaching transformation of politics and ... Read more
The family firm, once regarded as a transitory phenomenon on the way to a more sophisticated model of business organization, is now recognized internationally as an enduring element in modern industrial capitalism. Collen offers an informed and accessible discussion of a significant family-run institution which has operated throughout the island of Ireland since its foundation. The author makes use of untapped archival sources to analyse the fortunes of the company and illuminate the changing political, economic and social realities that shaped the context for its development. He explores how a family enterprise adapted to the far-reaching transformation of politics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
1st Edition
Yes
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843511762
SKU
9781843511762
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About John Walsh
the author: Dr. John Walsh is an academic researcher with the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. His publications include Patrick Hillery: The Official Biography (New Island Press, 2008) and The Politics of Expansion: a study of educational policy in the Republic of Ireland 1957-72 (Manchester University Press, 2009). He lectures with the School of ... Read more
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