| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 608 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The traditional processes of production and distribution --Pt. 2. The revolution in transportation and communication --Pt. 3. The revolution in distribution and production --Pt. 4. The integration of mass production with mass distribution --Pt. 5. The management and growth of modern industrial enterprise |
| Summary |
The role of large-scale business enterprise-big business and its managers- during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s) is delineated for the first time in this pathmarking book. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the distinguished historian of business, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communication and the central sectors of production and distribution |
| Analysis |
Business firms Executive management United States, 1850-1940 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Bancroft Prize, 1978 |
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Pulitzer Prize, History, 1978 |
| SUBJECT |
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd |
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Business enterprises -- United States -- Management -- History
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Industrial organization -- United States -- History
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Industries -- United States.
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Industries.
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Industrial management -- United States -- History
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Industry
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Organization and Administration -- history
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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Industrial management
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Industrial organization
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Industries
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Industrie
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Wirtschaft
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Management.
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Bedrijfsleven.
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States
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USA
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Etats-Unis -- Industrie -- Histoire.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0674940512 |
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9780674940512 |
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0674940520 |
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9780674940529 |
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9780674417687 |
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0674417682 |
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0674417690 |
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9780674417694 |
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