Harold Livesay

American Made (eBook, PDF)

Shaping the American Economy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

American Made details American business through time by presenting the history of people who forever changed the way that Americans do business.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315510361
• Artikelnr.: 47134880

Autorenporträt

Harold C. Livesay received a B.A. from the University of Delaware in 1966 and an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1968. After receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1970, he accepted a position in the history department of the University of Michigan, where he was employed until 1978. In 1978 he joined the State University of New York at Binghamton. In 1981, he became head of the history department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at Blackburg, Virginia. He departed in 1987 for Texas A&M University, where he now serves as the Clifford A. Taylor professor in liberal arts. He has published work in and out of the field of economic history.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Third Edition Introduction
CHAPTER 1 THE ARTIST OF HIS COUNTRY: ELI WHITNEY
CHAPTER 2 THE GRIM REAPER: CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK
CHAPTER 3 THE STAR-SPANGLED SCOTCHMAN: ANDREW CARNEGIE
CHAPTER 4 THE MOST USEFUL AMERICAN: THOMAS A. EDISON
CHAPTER 5 THE INSOLENT CHARIOTEER: HENRY FORD
CHAPTER 6 THE PATRIARCHAL PIONEER: PIERRE S. DU PONT
CHAPTER 7 THE ORGANIZATION MAN: ALFRED P. SLOAN
CHAPTER 8 AVATAR OF THE WORLDWIDE CAR: HENRY FORD II
CHAPTER 9 THE PHILOSOPHER SCIENTIST: EDWIN LAND
CHAPTER 10 AND SO IT GOES: BURGERS, BARGAINS, AND BYTES
CHAPTER 11 OF THINGS PAST AND THINGS TO COME
A Note on the SourcesPhoto CreditsIndex