Book ID: CBB050996284

Big Business in America: the corporate century, 1900-2000 (2021)

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Thomas J. Dorich (Author)


Lexington Books


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 333
Language: English

This study analyzes the influence of big business on the economic, political, and social structure of twentieth-century America. The author examines the development of a mass production and consumption economy and argues that the corporation became a key institutional force in the United States. (Amazon)

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Review Joshua Specht (Autumn 2021) Review of "Big Business in America: the corporate century, 1900-2000". Business History Review (pp. 622-624). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Cortada, James W.
Shanahan, Martin
Davis, Joshua Clark
Peart, Daniel
Cihan Artunç
Ghassan Moazzin
Concepts
Business history
Business and Politics
Corporate culture
Corporations
Public policy
Business enterprises
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Turkey
Latin America
Italy
China
Institutions
Caproni Group
W.H. Smith and Son
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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