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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction: A business civilization
Chapter 1. Trade and empire
Founding companies
Merchants
Colonies and metropole
The way to wealth
Chapter 2. Commerce in the new nation, 1780–1820
Roads and canals
Cotton
Whale oil
The fur trade
Chapter 3. Early manufacturers, 1820–1850
Textiles
Firearms
Clocks
The American System
Chapter 4. Railroads and mass distribution, 1850 –1880
Railroads
Railroad management
Corporations
Mass distribution
Chapter 5. An industrial country, 1880–1910
Oil
Steel
Food and tobacco
Consolidation and antitrust
Chapter 6. Modern companies, 1910–1930
The rise of management
Automobiles
General Motors
Marketing
Electricity
Wall Street
Chapter 7. Crisis and war, 1930–1945
The Great Depression
The New Deal
Public works and infrastructure
Innovation
War production
Reconversion
Chapter 8. Corporate America, 1945–1980
Organization men and women
American manufacturing
High-tech
Low-tech
Services
International business
Chapter 9. Entrepreneurs and the global economy, 1980–2020
Silicon Valley
Fairchild and Intel
The personal computer
The Internet
Crisis and aftermath
Conclusion: Sustainability
References
Further reading
Index
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