The rise of the American business corporation
By: Richard S. Tedlow
Series: Harwood Fundamentals of Pure and Applied Economics. Economic History -- Volume II; Economic history -- 2.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxfordshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Corporations; History; Business enterprises; Big business; Industries; Entreprises; Histoire; Grandes entreprises
Notes: Includes index.

"First published in 1991"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: 1. The early history of the corporation; title: 2. The railroads : America's first big business; title: 3. The coming of big business in production and distribution; title: 4. The future on schedule : big business and the standard of living in the twentieth century; title: 5. The conundrum of the recent past.