The enterprising Americans : a business history of the United States /
""The enterprising Americans" is a lively and perceptive account of the growth of American business, from its mercantile beginnings in New England and along the Delaware and James River valleys to the great trade and industrial complexes which span the free world of today. Ever since...
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New York :
Harper & Row,
c1974.
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| Edición: | New and updated ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Chamberlain, John, |d 1903-1995. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The enterprising Americans : |b a business history of the United States / |c John Chamberlain. |
| 250 | |a New and updated ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Harper & Row, |c c1974. | ||
| 300 | |a xix, 282 p. : |b il. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 265-272) e índice. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Free enterprisers before the Revolution -- Businessmen join in an unbusinesslike war -- The quest for capital and the sprouting of invention -- Early America goes places -- Frontier and factory -- The pre-Civil War speedup -- The Civil War and its aftermath -- The gilded age -- The rise of the money power -- The age of Edison -- F.O.B. Detroit -- The new frontier of the depressed thirties -- The modern world of enterprise. | |
| 520 | |a ""The enterprising Americans" is a lively and perceptive account of the growth of American business, from its mercantile beginnings in New England and along the Delaware and James River valleys to the great trade and industrial complexes which span the free world of today. Ever since the Revolution, and even before, the growth of American business has been an integral part of the growth of America. The Revolution was sparked by businessmen: in fact, perhaps no other revolution in history was fought on such basically economic grounds. Although the colonists were fighting to maintain their ancient chartered grants of self-government, they considered their rights to trade and economic expansion a fundamental part of the historic "rights of Englishmen"." --Descripción del editor. | ||
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Economic conditions. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Estados Unidos |x Condiciones económicas. |2 UDESA | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Business enterprises |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Empresas comerciales |z Estados Unidos |x Historia. |2 UDESA | |