Notes

Table of contents: 1. The entrepreneur -- 2. Seeds in the ground : 1820-1880 -- 3. Age of enterprise : 1880-1910 -- 4. The problem of origins -- 5. Attitudes to enterprise and industry -- 6. Social capital and immigrant entrepreneurship -- 7. Overcoming scarcity : capital and the entrepreneur -- 8. Pursuing innovation -- 9. Risk, persistence, and focus : a lifecycle of the entrepreneur -- 10. Conclusion : the unsung entrepreneur