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Major problems in American business history : documents and essays / edited by Regina Lee Blaszczyk, Philip B. Scranton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Major problems in American history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor.
- History.
- Commerce.
- Industries.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- United States.
- Industries--United States--History.
- United States--Commerce--History.
- Labor--United States--History.
- United States--Economic conditions--Sources.
- Industries--United States--History--Sources.
- United States--Commerce--History--Sources.
- Labor--United States--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 521 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2006]
- Summary:
- Designed to encourage critical thinking, the "Major Problems in American History "series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U. S. history. The central theme of this volume asserts that the history of business is inexorably linked to politics and culture. The authors explore specific issues, including foreign policy, race and ethnicity, gender, religion, work, leisure, and technological innovation, as well as high and low culture.Comprehensive coverage includes the entire period from colonial merchants to the globalization of American business.A full chapter focuses on the " business" of slavery in the Old South, while the final chapter addresses the globalization of American business.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles R. Anderson Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0618044264
- OCLC:
- 62782532
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