Guide to Business History : Materials for the Study of American Business History and Suggestions for Their Use / Henrietta M. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Henrietta M., author.

Contributor:

Bishop, Elsie Hight.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--United States--History.

Industries.

Local Subjects:

Industries--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1207 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Guide to Business History".

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SETTING OF AMERICAN BUSINESS

CHAPTER 1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND CAPITALISM

CHAPTER 2. GENERAL AND EUROPEAN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN BUSINESS

CHAPTER 3. AMERICAN SETTING

PART III. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATORS : BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND ARTICLES

CHAPTER 4. GENERAL

CHAPTER 5. PETTY CAPITALISTS

CHAPTER 6. MERCANTILE CAPITALISTS

CHAPTER 7. INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISTS

CHAPTER 8. FINANCIAL CAPITALISTS

CHAPTER 9. NATIONAL CAPITALISTS

CHAPTER 10. COLLECTIVE BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

CHAPTER 11. MISCELLANEOUS

PART IV. THE HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS UNITS

CHAPTER 12. FOREIGN BUSINESS UNITS

CHAPTER 13. AGRICULTURE: FARMS AND RANCHES

CHAPTER 14. BANKS

CHAPTER 15. COMMUNICATION COMPANIES

CHAPTER 16. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

CHAPTER 17. DISTRIBUTION CONCERNS

CHAPTER 18. INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 19. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

CHAPTER 20. MINING COMPANIES

CHAPTER 21. PETROLEUM COMPANIES

CHAPTER 22. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CONCERNS

CHAPTER 23. PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES

CHAPTER 24. REAL ESTATE AND COLONIZATION COMPANIES

CHAPTER 25. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES

CHAPTER 26. MISCELLANEOUS

PART V. HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 27. GENERAL HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 28. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 29. COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 30. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 31. DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER 32. FINANCE

CHAPTER 33. FISHING AND WHALING INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 34. FOREST INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 35. FUR TRADE

CHAPTER 36. INSURANCE

CHAPTER 37. MANUFACTURING

CHAPTER 38. MINING

CHAPTER 39. NEWS INDUSTRY

CHAPTER 40. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

CHAPTER 41. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

CHAPTER 42. PUBLIC UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRICITY

CHAPTER 43. REAL ESTATE

CHAPTER 44. RECREATION INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 45. SERVICE INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 46. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 47. WAREHOUSING

PART VI. GENERAL TOPICS IN BUSINESS HISTORY

CHAPTER 48. BUSINESS MEN

CHAPTER 49. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 50. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL

CHAPTER 51. COMBINATIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF MONOPOLY

CHAPTER 52. ASSOCIATIONS OF BUSINESS MEN

CHAPTER 53. THE LOCATION OF BUSINESS UNITS AND INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER 54. BUSINESS AIDS AND INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROLS

CHAPTER 55. BUSINESS ETHICS

CHAPTER 56. BUSINESS RISK

CHAPTER 57. BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, AND RECEIVERSHIPS

CHAPTER 58. EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS

CHAPTER 59. "SUCCESS" AND SELF-HELP LITERATURE FOCUSSED ON BUSINESS

CHAPTER 61. LABOR: CONDITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION

CHAPTER 62. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASE

CHAPTER 63. GENERAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 64. RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS

CHAPTER 65. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PLANNING

CHAPTER 66. GENERAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

CHAPTER 67. WAR AND BUSINESS

CHAPTER 68. NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION

PART VII. RESEARCH AND REFERENCE MATERIALS

CHAPTER 69. THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS HISTORY

CHAPTER 70. BUSINESS MANUSCRIPT RECORDS

CHAPTER 71. BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL MUSEUMS

CHAPTER 72. COMPANY PUBLICATIONS

CHAPTER 73. TRADE JOURNALS

CHAPTER 74. TRADE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS

CHAPTER 75. GOVERNMENT MATERIALS

CHAPTER 76. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

CHAPTER 77. PUBLICATIONS OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

CHAPTER 78. HISTORICAL AND OTHER SPECIAL LIBRARIES

CHAPTER 79. BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS

CHAPTER 80. GENEALOGIES

CHAPTER 81. REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HISTORIES

CHAPTER 82. PERIODICAL AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS

CHAPTER 83. NEWSPAPERS

CHAPTER 84. LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE

CHAPTER 85. WORKS OF FOREIGN T R A V E L E R S IN AMERICA

CHAPTER 86. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS

CHAPTER 87. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-49312-5

OCLC:

1013936855