02804nam 22005654a 450 991078108440332120230828225753.01-282-40983-297866124098370-313-06810-0(CKB)2550000000003431(EBL)494898(OCoLC)62876936(SSID)ssj0000335252(PQKBManifestationID)11272608(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335252(PQKBWorkID)10272123(PQKB)10569263(MiAaPQ)EBC494898(Au-PeEL)EBL494898(CaPaEBR)ebr10349585(CaONFJC)MIL240983(EXLCZ)99255000000000343120050706d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914[electronic resource] commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise /David O. Whitten and Bessie E. WhittenWestport, Conn. Praegerc20061 online resource (222 p.)"First published in 2006"- -T.p. verso.0-313-32395-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 vast proportion and businesses capable of capitalizing on the accompanying economies of scale, through higher productivity, lower costs, and broader distribution. The Birth of Big Business in the United States illuminates the conditions that changed the face of American business and the national econoIndustriesUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesEconomic conditionsIndustriesHistory.338.0973/09/034Whitten David O1561409Whitten Bessie E(Bessie Emrick)1561410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781084403321The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-19143828082UNINA