The Origins of Business With a Forew. by William H. McNeill

"Keith Roberts knows his history and is highly informed on the nature of todays comparable instruments and institutions. By placing his story within changing political, social, and cultural settings and by presenting it in a fascinating, well-written way unencumbered by technical jargon, he opens a new field in the discipline of business history." - Alfred D. Chandler , emeritus, Harvard Business School, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for history