Shareholder Activism Handbook

Shareholder Activism Handbook
Author: Jay W. Eisenhofer
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 1458
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0735557004

Shareholder Activism Handbook is the single most comprehensive guide on all matters relating to enforcing shareholders' rights. As shareholder activism becomes a more integral part of investing, the law continues to respond accordingly. Legislators

Planting a Capitalist South

Planting a Capitalist South
Author: Tom Downey
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2006-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0807136603

Planting a Capitalist South effectively challenges the idea that commercial and industrial interests did little to alter the planter-dominated political economy of the Old South. By analyzing the interplay of planters, merchants, and manufacturers, the author characterizes the South as a sphere of contending types of capitalists: agrarians with land and slaves versus commercial and industrial owners of banks, railroads, stores, and factories. A revisionary study, Planting a Capitalist South offers clear evidence of a burgeoning transition to capitalist society in the Old South.

The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854

The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854
Author: James C. Burke
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2011-07-25
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0786486740

In 1833, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company set out to connect the port city of Wilmington to North Carolina's capital. When it was done in 1840, after changing its route, the company had completed 161 miles of track--the longest railroad in the world at the time--and provided continuous transportation from the town of Weldon on the Roanoke River to Wilmington and on to Charleston, South Carolina, by steamboat. A marvel of civil engineering by the standards of the day, the railroad constituted a tour de force of organization, finance and political will that risked the fortunes of individuals and the credit of the state. This study chronicles the project from its inception, exploring its impact on subsequent railroad development in North Carolina and its significance within the context of American railroad history as a whole.

Comparative Company Law

Comparative Company Law
Author: Andreas Cahn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1095
Release: 2018-10-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107186358

Presents in-depth, comparative analyses of German, UK and US company laws illustrated by leading cases, with German cases in English translation.