Author: Robert J. Bennett

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-10-27

Total Pages: 936

ISBN-13: 0199584737

The book provides the first definitive, scholarly, and systematic history of the Chambers of Commerce (local organizations of business people) from their origins in the 18th century, through their historical development up to the present date. Based on new and previously inaccessible archive information, it covers the UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada.