Book ID: CBB120668197

Merchants and Ministers: A History of Businesspeople and Clergy in the United States (2017)

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Schmiesing, Kevin E. (Author)


Lexington Books


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: ix + 249 pp., bibliography, index
Language: English

Merchants and Ministers explores the relationship between businesspeople and clergy in the United States from the colonial period to the present. This book traces the contours of American history by placing anecdotal detail in the context of general developments in commerce and Christianity. (Worldcat)

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Authors & Contributors
Weems, Robert E
Berry, Evan
Rhodes, Joel P.
Berlin, Leslie
Anschutz, Philip
Rebecca Retzlaff
Journals
The Journal of Transport History
Journal of Cambridge Studies
History of Psychology
Business History Review
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Cloud Camp Press, LLC
Yale University Press
University of Oklahoma Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of Missouri Press
Concepts
Business history
Businesspeople
Religion
Biographies
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
Technological innovation
People
Rosenwald, Julius
Rudkin, Margaret
Penney, J. C. (James Cash)
Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis
Houck, Lewis
Beech, Olive Ann
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Early modern
21st century
Places
United States
Cape Girardeau, MO
Birmingham, AL
Western states (U.S.)
Missouri (U.S.)
Florence (Italy)
Institutions
J.C. Penney Co.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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