Joshua D. Wolff

Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845-1893

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from the early years of telecommunications to its apogee as the first nationwide corporate monopoly in American history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9781107012288
• ISBN-10: 1107012287
• Artikelnr.: 37800335

Autorenporträt

Joshua D. Wolff completed a Ph.D. in history at Columbia University, where he has also served as a lecturer in history. He is an associate for a global management consulting firm.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The meanest property in the world
2. Midwife to monopoly
3. 'An entering wedge' against monopoly
4. 'A very big thing'
5. No middle ground
6. The specter of competition
7. First time tragedy, second time farce
8. Octopus of the wires.