Biography as an Exploration in Entrepreneurial History--Review of J. Forbes Munro, Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893

The use of biographical analysis as an approach to business history research is not a new idea. It was first used as early as in the 1920s by George Unwin of the University of Manchester, the first chair of Economic History in the UK. This kind of approach could be seen as a method of highlighting the important role of human beings in dynamic economic activities.