Rise of the American Business Corporation

This title presents an historical survey of the American business corporation from the colonial era to the present day. Introduction; Chapter 1 The Early History of the Corporation; Chapter 2 The Railroads: America's First Big Business; Chapter 3 The Coming of Big Business in Production and Distribution; Chapter 4 The Future on Schedule: Big Business and the Standard of Living in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 5 The Conundrum of the Recent Past;