Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00923-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 551 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

This is a lively two-volume biography, first published in 1893, of the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith (1825–1891), whose father and uncle established the well-known stationery and bookselling business. The author, Herbert Maxwell (1845-1932), was a Scottish essayist and Conservative Member of Parliament who greatly admired Smith's human qualities and had access to his personal papers. Volume 1 documents the foundation of the newspaper wholesaling business, Smith's education and his thwarted desire to become a priest. It describes how Smith helped his father expand their efficient and successful business to include a chain of railway station news- and bookstalls and a lending library, as well as becoming sole agents for The Times in 1854. Smith went into Parliament in 1868, and worked for several years at the Treasury. Volume 1 ends with his tour to Cyprus in 1878 as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maxwell, Herbert Eustace

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. 1784–1846; 2. 1846–1854; 3. 1854–1893; 4. 1855–1865; 5. 1865–1868; 6. 1868–1869; 7. 1870–1871; 8. 1872; 9. 1873–1874; 10. 1874–1876; 11. 1876–1878; 12. 1878.