Add to ORKGThis article investigates the central role played by Quakers in the industrial and urban growth of Darlington, focusing in particular upon family and business connections with Friends in the City of London. From the launch of the town\u27s famous first railway, to the ensuing arrival of heavy industry in the 1850s and 1860s, Quakers were at the forefront of industrial and urban developments. While Quaker entrepreneurs possessed advantages in business deriving from their access to finance and advice, and from their reputation for probity, the idea that they also had special talents for foresight, innovation and management, is not borne out by the evidence
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This paper examines the effect of changes in corporate law in the mid-nineteenth century – incorpora...
This paper examines the effect of changes in corporate law in the mid-nineteenth century – incorpora...
This article examines the re-establishment, expansion, and subsequent decline of a Quaker community ...
The town of Newcastle in the early nineteenth century offered many diverse forms of entertainment an...
Purpose: The importance of networks has been established in the development of commerce and capital...
In 1893, George Cadbury initiated the construction of Bournville Model Village, Birmingham (UK). Thi...
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the development of the accountability ideals and practices of Q...
During the late seventeenth century, when the Atlantic trade experienced unprecedented growth, Quake...
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This thesis explores early 19th century Quakers from the perspective of the social history of religi...
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This paper examines the effect of changes in corporate law in the mid-nineteenth century – incorpora...
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