Larry Schweikart, Lynne Doti

American Entrepreneur

The Fascinating Stories of the People Who Defined Business in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

American Entrepreneur vividly illustrates the history of business in the United States from the point of view of the enterprising men and women who made it happen. Weaving together vivid narrative with economic analysis, the book recounts fascinating successes and failures of our nation's entrepreneurs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amacom
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 876g
• ISBN-13: 9780814438596
• ISBN-10: 0814438598
• Artikelnr.: 47440982

Autorenporträt

LARRY SCHWEIKART, PH.D. (Centerville, OH), a history professor at the University of Dayton, is the author or coauthor of many books, including A Patriot's History of the United States and 48 Liberal Lies About American History.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Preface
vii 1 Entrepreneurs: The Essence of Enterprise
1 2 European Settlement and Business Enterprise in the New World
23 3 Entrepreneurs in the New Nation: 1787-1840
53 4 The Entrepreneurial Explosion: 1820-1850
81 5 The Rise of Managers: 1850-1880
114 6 Entrepreneurs in the Age of Upheaval: 1850-1880
151 7 The Big Business Backlash: 1870-1920
189 8 The Emergence of a Consumer Market: 1880-1920
231 9 Deliverance and Despair: 1920-1939
273 10 Business in War and Postwar America: 1940-1960
311 11 Business's Winter of Discontent: 1960-1982
346 12 Business in Renaissance: 1982-1989
375 13 The New Economy: The 1990s
408 14 Americans and the Global Market
437 Epilogue: The Recession Returns
461 Notes
465 Index
519