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Author:

Buder, Stanley.

Title:

Capitalizing on change : a social history of American business / Stanley Buder.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 541 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Capitalism--United States--History.
Industries--History.--United States--History.
Bedrijfsleven.
Sociale geschiedenis.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-519) and index.

Contents:

Early capitalism and the rise of a market economy -- North America's colonial economy -- The early national economy, 1776-1820 -- Antebellum America, 1820-1860 -- The unstoppable engine -- Entrepreneurial leaves from the Gilded Age -- A changing workplace and society -- Washington comes forward, 1900-1912 -- The age of organization -- The consumer decade -- Hard times, 1933-1945 -- The American (quarter) century, 1945-1973 -- Coping with decline, 1974-1980 -- Restructuring and rebirth, 1980s -- The new economy, the burst bubble, and an economy in trouble, 1990-2008 -- The rise of a global economy -- Thinking small -- The Twenty-first century .

Series:

The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state

ISBN:

0807832316 (alk. paper)
9780807832318 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)234260196

LCCN:

2008031784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)