The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 : commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise

The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise

The economic and cultural roots of contemporary American business can be traced directly to developments in the era between the Civil War and World War I. The physical expansion of the country combined with development of transportation and communication infrastructures to create a free market of va...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Whitten, David O. (-)
Otros Autores: Whitten, Bessie E. (Bessie Emrick)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31391473*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • American business in the Civil War
  • Giant business in communications and transportation
  • The commercial response to a mass market
  • The United Fruit Company
  • The Singer Sewing Machine Company
  • Giant farms
  • The American Sugar Refining Company
  • The American Tobacco Company
  • The forest products industry
  • Mining
  • Standard Oil Corporation
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • The meat packers.

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