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The Origins Of English Stock Companies And Their Involvement In English Colonial Ventures In The New World, Ralph Porter
The Origins Of English Stock Companies And Their Involvement In English Colonial Ventures In The New World, Ralph Porter
Honors Theses
The purpose of this paper is two-fold; first, it will investigate the development of the structure of the joint-stock company and second, it will examine the part played by such ventures for the colonization of the Americas. The first portion of the paper will be a review of secondary sources. There are two very good works on the economic growth of England by Sir William Ashley, and an excellent three volume work by W.R. Scott on English joint-stock companies which addresses their development. The second portion of the paper will also deal with secondary sources to cover the events of …
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Its History, Judy Crumby
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Its History, Judy Crumby
Honors Theses
In 1912 George William Norris was elected to the United States Senate. This might properly be called the beginning of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sen. Norris became an outspoken advocate of public ownership of public utilities. His greatest dream was the development by the government of the possibilities for the electric power in the Tennessee River Valley. Finally in 1933, Norris was able to see his dream fulfilled. His bill for the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority was passed, and then three years later, a great dam was completed and named in honor of Norris.
A Study Of The Economic Factors Of The Tennessee Valley Authority, Judy Branch
A Study Of The Economic Factors Of The Tennessee Valley Authority, Judy Branch
Honors Theses
The story of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a story about a great American river basin; it is a story about water and soils and forests on mountain slopes; it is a story about people who grow cotton and corn, milk dairy cows, cut timber, and work as clerks in country stories; it is a story of local government, community institutions, and a thousand facets of private economic enterprise all working together in developing and using the natural resources of a region; it is a story about the application of large-scale planning and coordination in the solution of problems; it …