LEADER 02804nam 22005654a 450 001 9910781084403321 005 20230828225753.0 010 $a1-282-40983-2 010 $a9786612409837 010 $a0-313-06810-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000003431 035 $a(EBL)494898 035 $a(OCoLC)62876936 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335252 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272608 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335252 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272123 035 $a(PQKB)10569263 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494898 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494898 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349585 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240983 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000003431 100 $a20050706d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914$b[electronic resource] $ecommercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise /$fDavid O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $a"First published in 2006"- -T.p. verso. 311 $a0-313-32395-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThe 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 econo 606 $aIndustries$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aIndustries$xHistory. 676 $a338.0973/09/034 700 $aWhitten$b David O$01561409 701 $aWhitten$b Bessie E$g(Bessie Emrick)$01561410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781084403321 996 $aThe birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914$93828082 997 $aUNINA