Overview -- Forces, origins, and diffusion -- Activities -- The members -- Then and now -- Appendix 1 : Archival and other sources -- Appendix 2 : Historical benchmarking: data compilation and alignment -- Appendix 3 : Population and economic data
Summary
This text provides a 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
Bibliography
"Bibliography of chamber histories": pages 844-849
Includes bibliographical references (pages 844-883) and index
