The Rise of the American Business Corporation

by R. Tedlow

Overview

This title presents an historical survey of the American business corporation from the colonial era to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415269827
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/06/2001
Series:	Harwood Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics Ser.
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Early History of the Corporation; Chapter 2 The Railroads: America's First Big Business; Chapter 3 The Coming of Big Business in Production and Distribution; Chapter 4 The Future on Schedule: Big Business and the Standard of Living in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 5 The Conundrum of the Recent Past;