Download or read book The Charles Ilfeld Company written by William Jackson Parish and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a pioneering study of far western commercial enterprise from Santa Fe Trail days to the present, detailed company records reveal the merchants' solutions of monetary exchange, balance of trade, and transportation problems, in depression and prosperity. Finally, the author traces the defeat of mercantile capitalism by modern specialization. New materials give valuable insights into the history of economic development in the western hemisphere. An important book for economists and historians, its frontier stories will delight less specialized readers.