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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974024703321

Autore

Steeples Douglas W

Titolo

Advocate for American enterprise : William Buck Dana and the Commercial and financial chronicle, 1865-1910 / / Douglas Steeples

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, c2002

ISBN

9780313075810

0313075816

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Contributions in economics and economic history, , 0084-9235 ; ; no. 226

Disciplina

070.92

B

Soggetti

Finance - United States - History

Journalists - United States

Journalism, Commercial - United States - History

United States Commerce History

United States Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Illustrations -- Foreword by David O. Whitten -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Education of an Entrepreneur -- 2. Man of Enterprise -- 3. The Natural Order of Things -- 4. Labor and Its Fruits -- 5. Property and Its Rights -- 6. The Role of Government -- Afterword -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1865, William Buck Dana, working a bold new departure in American journalism, established the nation's first business weekly, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, in the country's commercial nerve center, New York City. As its publisher and editor, he became the nation's most influential reporter and commentator on business and finance, playing a major role in creating a national and international economy. Unequaled as a comprehensive and reliable source of business news, Dana's Chronicle has become a critical source for studying 19th century business history. This book is a study of Dana the man, his ideas, and their importance. Divided into three sections, the book considers Dana's formative years, his career, and his later life.



The book then turns to the main themes conveyed in the Chronicle's editorial content, allowing the reader to imaginatively reconstruct Dana's mental world. Comments on Dana's and his paper's importance and influence are also included. While enlarging our understanding of Dana, the Chronicle, and economic thought of the time, Advocate for American Enterprise will enhance our understanding of this critically important era.