Rise of Big Business, 1860-1920

Name: Rise of Big Business, 1860-1920
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ISBN: 9780882952406

ISBN-10: 0882952404

ISBN-13: 9780882952406

Edition: 3rd 2006

Authors: Glenn Porter

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The fundamental and explosive changes in the US economy and its business system from 1860 to 1920 continue to fascinate and engage historians, economists, and sociologists. While many disagreements persist about the motivations of the actors, most scholars roughly agree on the central shifts in technologies and markets that called forth big business. Recent scholarship, however, has revealed important new insights into the changing cultural values and sensibilities of Americans who lived during the time, on women in business, on the ties between the emerging corporations and other American institutions, on the nature of competition among giant firms, and on the dawn of modern advertising…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/9/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440



Foreword


Preface to the Third Edition



What is Big Business?



The Appearance and Spread of Big Business


The Advent of Industrialization


Pioneers in Big Business: The Railroads


Preconditions for Big Business


Vertical Growth


Horizontal Growth


The Great Merger Wave



Corporate Triumph: “Capitalistic, Centralizing, and Mechanical”


Index