LEADER 03290nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910808478503321 005 20240501043520.0 010 $a979-88-908772-1-5 010 $a1-4696-0598-8 010 $a0-8078-8980-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787204 035 $a(EBL)454806 035 $a(OCoLC)435639439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000117629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146023 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043293 035 $a(PQKB)11562117 035 $a(OCoLC)966768158 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454806 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454806 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787204 100 $a20080718d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCapitalizing on change $ea social history of American business /$fStanley Buder 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (556 p.) 225 1 $aThe Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4696-5422-9 311 0 $a0-8078-3231-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEarly 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 . 330 $aAmericans love ""this year's model,"" relying on the ""new"" to be always ""improved."" Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to American business, where innovation and change stoke the engines of economic energy. To really understand the history of business in America, he argues, we must understand the intertwining dynamics of social and business values. In a history spanning over three hundred years, Buder examines the enveloping expansion of the market economy, the laggardly use of government to modify or control market forces, the rise of consumerism, the shifting 410 0$aLuther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state. 606 $aCapitalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aIndustries$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aCapitalism$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustries$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a338.0973 686 $a15.85$2bcl 700 $aBuder$b Stanley$01687690 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808478503321 996 $aCapitalizing on change$94087877 997 $aUNINA