The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 [electronic resource] : commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise / David O. Whitten and Bessie E. Whitten.

By: Whitten, David OContributor(s): Whitten, Bessie E. (Bessie Emrick) | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2006Description: xvi, 204 pSubject(s): Industries -- United States -- History | United States -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.0973/09/034 LOC classification: HC103 | .W48 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- American business in the Civil War -- Giant business in communications and transportation -- The commercial response to a mass market -- The United Fruit Company -- The Singer Sewing Machine Company -- Giant farms -- The American Sugar Refining Company -- The American Tobacco Company -- The forest products industry -- Mining -- Standard Oil Corporation -- United States Steel Corporation -- The meat packers.
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"First published in 2006"- -T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- American business in the Civil War -- Giant business in communications and transportation -- The commercial response to a mass market -- The United Fruit Company -- The Singer Sewing Machine Company -- Giant farms -- The American Sugar Refining Company -- The American Tobacco Company -- The forest products industry -- Mining -- Standard Oil Corporation -- United States Steel Corporation -- The meat packers.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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