03293nam 2200637Ia 450 991077801200332120230627181701.0979-88-908772-1-51-4696-0598-80-8078-8980-6(CKB)1000000000787204(EBL)454806(OCoLC)435639439(SSID)ssj0000117629(PQKBManifestationID)11146023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117629(PQKBWorkID)10043293(PQKB)11562117(OCoLC)966768158(MdBmJHUP)muse48382(Au-PeEL)EBL454806(CaPaEBR)ebr10313959(CaONFJC)MIL929530(MiAaPQ)EBC454806(EXLCZ)99100000000078720420080718d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCapitalizing on change[electronic resource] a social history of American business /Stanley BuderChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20091 online resource (556 p.)The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the stateDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-5422-9 0-8078-3231-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Early capitalism and the rise of a market economy -- North America's colonial economy -- The early national economy, 1776-1820 -- Antebellum America, 1820-1860 -- The unstoppable engine -- Entrepreneurial leaves from the Gilded Age -- A changing workplace and society -- Washington comes forward, 1900-1912 -- The age of organization -- The consumer decade -- Hard times, 1933-1945 -- The American (quarter) century, 1945-1973 -- Coping with decline, 1974-1980 -- Restructuring and rebirth, 1980's -- The new economy, the burst bubble, and an economy in trouble, 1990-2008 -- The rise of a global economy -- Thinking small -- The Twenty-first century .Americans love ""this year's model,"" relying on the ""new"" to be always ""improved."" Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to American business, where innovation and change stoke the engines of economic energy. To really understand the history of business in America, he argues, we must understand the intertwining dynamics of social and business values. In a history spanning over three hundred years, Buder examines the enveloping expansion of the market economy, the laggardly use of government to modify or control market forces, the rise of consumerism, the shiftingLuther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state.CapitalismUnited StatesHistoryIndustriesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCapitalismHistory.IndustriesSocial aspectsHistory.338.097315.85bclBuder Stanley1558471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778012003321Capitalizing on change3841791UNINA