Download or read book The Complete Tradesman written by Nancy C. Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4 'For a tradesman ... his customers are to be his idols': the relationship between the retailer and his customers -- 5 'It is the most dangerous state of life that a man can live in': managing credit -- 6 'A settled little society of trading people who understand business': networking among retailing tradesmen -- 7 'I know not yet what that is, and am ashamed to ask': accommodating innovation and novelty -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of tradesmen -- Bibliography -- Index