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An illustrated business history of the United States / Richard Vague.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Business book summaryPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021Edition: 1st editionDescription: xi, 323 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780812252897
  • 0812252896
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.70973
LOC classification:
  • HF 3021 V126i 2021
Contents:
Chapter 1. America's first business, 1763-1789 -- Chapter 2. Manufacturing and banking, 1790-1815 -- Chapter 3. Canals and railroads change everything, 1816-1843 -- Chapter 4. Land, gold, the telegraph, and oil, 1844-1859 -- Chapter 5. "And the War came," 1860-1877 -- Chapter 6. The Gilded Age, 1878-1898 -- Chapter 7. Combination and reform, 1899-1912 -- Chapter 8. Mass production, cars, and war, 1913-1920 -- Chapter 9. Excess and depression, 1921-1939 -- Chapter 10. The business of war and the postwar boom, 1940-1958 -- Chapter 11. A business Golden Age, 1959-1972 -- Chapter 12. Oil overdependence and malaise, 1973-1980 -- Chapter 13. The stormy eighties, 1981-1995 -- Chapter 14. The digital revolution and financial crisis, 1996-2015.
Summary: "An illustrated business history of the United States from colonial times to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HF 3021 V126i 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000138215

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. America's first business, 1763-1789 -- Chapter 2. Manufacturing and banking, 1790-1815 -- Chapter 3. Canals and railroads change everything, 1816-1843 -- Chapter 4. Land, gold, the telegraph, and oil, 1844-1859 -- Chapter 5. "And the War came," 1860-1877 -- Chapter 6. The Gilded Age, 1878-1898 -- Chapter 7. Combination and reform, 1899-1912 -- Chapter 8. Mass production, cars, and war, 1913-1920 -- Chapter 9. Excess and depression, 1921-1939 -- Chapter 10. The business of war and the postwar boom, 1940-1958 -- Chapter 11. A business Golden Age, 1959-1972 -- Chapter 12. Oil overdependence and malaise, 1973-1980 -- Chapter 13. The stormy eighties, 1981-1995 -- Chapter 14. The digital revolution and financial crisis, 1996-2015.

"An illustrated business history of the United States from colonial times to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

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