Nathan Trotter : Philadelphia Merchant, 1787-1853 / Elva Tooker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tooker, Elva, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce.

Trotter, Nathan, 1787-1853.

Local Subjects:

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce.

Trotter, Nathan, 1787-1853.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.): 1 Frontispiz, 3 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Charts and Maps

Editor's Introduction

Author's Preface

PART I. Trotter and His Antecedents

CHAPTER I, Nathan Trotter: THE MAN AND HIS CAREER

CHAPTER II. Family Antecedents

CHAPTER III. Business Antecedents

PART II. Trotter as a Metal Merchant

CHAPTER IV. An Introduction to the Business

CHAPTER V. Merchandise Procurement

CHAPTER VI. Sales, Trends, Customers, and Market Areas

CHAPTER VII. Selling Methods

CHAPTER VIII. Credit and Collections

PART III. Trotter as a Monied Man

CHAPTER IX. A Merchant Turns to Investment

CHAPTER Χ. Commercial- 'Paper Discounting

PART IV. Epilogue

CHAPTER XI. Changes from 1853 to 1953

Appendixes

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 4

APPENDIX 5

Notes and References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-43424-2

OCLC:

1013955942