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The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 : commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise
Title:
The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 : commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise
Author:
Whitten, David O.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, [2006]

©2006
Physical Description:
xvi, 204 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First published in 2006"- -T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780313323959
Format :
Book