Age of Giant Corporations A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914-1992

Name: Age of Giant Corporations A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914-1992
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ISBN: 9780275944704

ISBN-10: 0275944700

ISBN-13: 9780275944704

Edition: 3rd (Revised)

Authors: Robert Sobel

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A popular text and valuable resource since the first edition was published in 1972, Robert Sobel's The Age of Giant Corporations is now available in a third edition, bringing the history up to the present. This book describes the industries and corporations that have played major roles in the nation's economic growth since the outbreak of World War I. It concentrates on management, technology, marketing and finance, and is concerned with the interrelations and intertwining of political and industrial power. The current edition includes a new chapter covering the impact of junk bonds and corporate governance in the 1980s and early 1990s, an age of restructuring and re-creation in giant…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 3/5/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction


A merican Business during World War I


The Glamour Industries of the 1920s


An Age of Power, Consolidation, and Mass Distribution


The Failure of Finance Capitalism


Business and Government during the New Deal


Elements of Growth during the Depression


Government-Business Relations in World War II


Monopsony and Conglomerates in Postwar America


Big Business in an Age of Innovation


Decline, Revival, and Renewal


Restructuring and Re-Creation in Giant Corporations


Selected Bibliography


Index