Pioneers And Plodders
Subtitle: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: August 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781555915186
Subjects: History; Economics - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Entrepreneurship; Corporate & Business History - General; Business enterprises; Businesspeople
Description: "Since the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States, led by visionary entrepreneurs, has become the most dominant industrial power in the world. Starting with the first entrepreneurs in colonial America, noted business leader and historian Robert C. Baron discusses the history of four major industries: steel, automobiles, electronics, and computers; the changes these industries made on American life; and the people who created and built major companies."--BOOK JACKET.