Bibliograph

Encyclopedia of American business history, Charles R. Geisst

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Encyclopedia of American business history, Charles R. Geisst

Language

eng

Abstract

This A-to-Z encyclopedia provides detailed coverage of America's business history, from the Hudson fur trade to the Internet. Informative entries profile corporate titans and tycoons, Wall Street wizards, industry leaders, and major events and institutions of American business -- spanning the period after American independence to the present day

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Encyclopedia of American business history

Nature of contents

encyclopediasdictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1105785538

Responsibility statement

Charles R. Geisst

Series statement

Facts on File library of American history

Table Of Contents

Contributors -- Introduction -- Entries A-Y -- Chronology -- Selected primary documents: Hudson's Bay Company Charter, 1670; Alexander Hamilton, Report on the subject of manufactures, 1791; Constitution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886; Interstate Commerce Act, 1887; Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth, " 1889; Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890; Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906; Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al. v. United States, 1911; Clayton Antitrust Act, 1914; Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Forgotten man"; Securities Exchange Act, 1934; National Labor Relations Act, 1935; Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Military-industrial complex" address, 1961; Ronald Reagan's address to the nation on the economy, 1981; United States v. Microsoft, 2000 -- General bibliography

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American business history

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