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American entrepreneur : the fascinating stories of the people who defined business in the United States / Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schweikart, Larry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--United States--History.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Capitalism--United States--History.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (544 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Management Association, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- America's history has always been shaped by private enterprise. Here are the stories of the people who led those businesses to success.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurs: The Essence of Enterprise; 2 European Settlement and Business Enterprise in the New World; 3 Entrepreneurs in the New Nation: 1787-1840; 4 The Entrepreneurial Explosion: 1820-1850; 5 The Rise of Managers: 1850-1880; 6 Entrepreneurs in the Age of Upheaval: 1850-1880; 7 The Big Business Backlash: 1870-1920; 8 The Emergence of a Consumer Market: 1880-1920; 9 Deliverance and Despair: 1920-1939; 10 Business in War and Postwar America: 1940-1960; 11 Business's Winter of Discontent: 1960-1982; 12 Business in Renaissance: 1982-1989; 13 The New Economy: The 1990s
- 14 Americans and the Global MarketEpilogue: The Recession Returns; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786612386763
- 9781282386761
- 128238676X
- 9780814414125
- 0814414125
- OCLC:
- 458594553
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