American Studies in Europe, Their History and Present Organization, Volume 2
American Studies in Europe, Their History and Present Organization, Volume 2

Author: Sigmund Skard

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1512806919

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Solvay
Solvay

Author: Kenneth Bertrams

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-03

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1107311071

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Ernest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the world's twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one of the largest companies in the field to preserve its family character. The authors analyze the company's 150-year history (1863–2013) from economic, political and social perspectives, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.