American entrepreneur : A history of business in the United States.

New York, NY, Estados Unidos : AMACOM, c2009.

1 recurso en línea (544 p.)

1. Entrepreneurs: the essence of enterprise. -- 2. European settlement and business enterprise in the new world. -- 3. Entrepreneurs in the new nation: 1787-1840. -- 4. The entrepreneurial explosion: 1820-1850. -- 5. The rise of managers: 1850-1880. -- 6. Entrepreneurs in the age of upheaval: 1850-1880. -- 7. The big business backlash: 1870-1920. -- 8. The emergence of a consumer market: 1880-1920. -- 9. Deliverance and despair: 1920-1939. -- 10. Business in war and postwar America: 1940-1960. -- 11. Business's winter of discontent: 1960-1982. -- 12. Business in renaissance: 1982-1989. -- 13. The new economy: the 1990s. -- 14. Americans and the global market. --

"Ever since the first colonists landed in “The New World,” Americans have forged ahead in their quest to make good on the promises of capitalism and independence. This book 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, American Entrepreneur recounts fascinating successes and failures, including: how Eli Whitney changed the shape of the American business landscape...the impact of the

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