American made : shaping the American economy / / by Harold C. Livesay
| American made : shaping the American economy / / by Harold C. Livesay |
| Autore | Livesay Harold C. |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina | 338.092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Businesspeople - United States
Entrepreneurship - United States - History Business enterprises - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-315-51035-9
1-315-51037-5 1-315-51036-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The artist of his country: Eli Whitney -- The grim reaper: Cyrus Hall McCormick -- The star-spangled Scotchman: Andrew Carnegie -- The most useful American: Thomas A. Edison -- The insolent charioteer: Henry Ford -- The patriarchal pioneer: Pierre S. Du Pont -- The organization man: Alfred P. Sloan -- Avatar of the worldwide car: Henry Ford II -- The philosopher scientist: Edwin Land -- And so it goes: burgers, bargains, and bytes -- Of things past and things to come. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910149175703321 |
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| London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enterprising America : Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective / / William J. Collins, Robert A. Margo
| Enterprising America : Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective / / William J. Collins, Robert A. Margo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 338.0973 |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Business enterprises - United States - History
Business enterprises - United States - Finance - History Commercial credit - United States - History Bank loans - United States - History |
| ISBN |
9780226261768
022626176X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Revisiting American Exceptionalism: Democracy and the Regulation of Corporate Governance -- 2. Corporate Governance and the Development of Manufacturing Enterprises in Nineteenth- Century Massachusetts -- 3. The Evolution of Bank Boards of Directors in New York, 1840‒1950 -- 4. Did Railroads Make Antebellum US Banks More Sound? -- 5. Sources of Credit and the Extent of the Credit Market -- 6. Economies of Scale in Nineteenth- Century American Manufacturing Revisited -- 7 Were Antebellum Cotton Plantations Factories in the Field? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954567503321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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