American entrepreneur : the fascinating stories of the people who defined business in the United States /

American entrepreneur : the fascinating stories of the people who defined business in the United States /

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America's history has always been shaped by private enterprise. Here are the stories of the people who led those businesses to success.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schweikart, Larry
Other Authors:	Doti, Lynne Pierson
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : AMACOM, ©2010.
Subjects:	Entrepreneurship > United States > History. History.
Online Access:	CONNECT

Table of Contents:

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
Epilogue: The Recession Returns.