CHAPTER 30. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION xxiii
4. AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxv
5. PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
6. PART II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SETTING OF AMERICAN BUSINESS
7. CHAPTER 1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND CAPITALISM 35
8. CHAPTER 2. GENERAL AND EUROPEAN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN BUSINESS 43
9. CHAPTER 3. AMERICAN SETTING 67
10. PART III. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATORS : BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND ARTICLES
11. CHAPTER 4. GENERAL 92
12. CHAPTER 5. PETTY CAPITALISTS 94
13. CHAPTER 6. MERCANTILE CAPITALISTS 102
14. CHAPTER 7. INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISTS 112
15. CHAPTER 8. FINANCIAL CAPITALISTS 150
16. CHAPTER 9. NATIONAL CAPITALISTS 156
17. CHAPTER 10. COLLECTIVE BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES 157
18. CHAPTER 11. MISCELLANEOUS 162
19. PART IV. THE HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS UNITS
20. CHAPTER 12. FOREIGN BUSINESS UNITS 166
21. CHAPTER 13. AGRICULTURE: FARMS AND RANCHES 170
22. CHAPTER 14. BANKS 171
23. CHAPTER 15. COMMUNICATION COMPANIES 185
24. CHAPTER 16. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES 187
25. CHAPTER 17. DISTRIBUTION CONCERNS 188
26. CHAPTER 18. INSURANCE COMPANIES 194
27. CHAPTER 19. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES 202
28. CHAPTER 20. MINING COMPANIES 221
29. CHAPTER 21. PETROLEUM COMPANIES 223
30. CHAPTER 22. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CONCERNS 224
31. CHAPTER 23. PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES 225
32. CHAPTER 24. REAL ESTATE AND COLONIZATION COMPANIES 227
33. CHAPTER 25. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES 228
34. CHAPTER 26. MISCELLANEOUS 239
35. PART V. HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES
36. CHAPTER 27. GENERAL HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES 244
37. CHAPTER 28. AGRICULTURE 248
38. CHAPTER 29. COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES 260
39. CHAPTER 30. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES 266
40. CHAPTER 31. DISTRIBUTION 273
41. CHAPTER 32. FINANCE 340
42. CHAPTER 33. FISHING AND WHALING INDUSTRIES 443
43. CHAPTER 34. FOREST INDUSTRIES 447
44. CHAPTER 35. FUR TRADE 456
45. CHAPTER 36. INSURANCE 459
46. CHAPTER 37. MANUFACTURING 495
47. CHAPTER 38. MINING 580
48. CHAPTER 39. NEWS INDUSTRY 593
49. CHAPTER 40. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY 596
50. CHAPTER 41. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 609
51. CHAPTER 42. PUBLIC UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRICITY 612
52. CHAPTER 43. REAL ESTATE 629
53. CHAPTER 44. RECREATION INDUSTRIES 636
54. CHAPTER 45. SERVICE INDUSTRIES 638
55. CHAPTER 46. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES 639
56. CHAPTER 47. WAREHOUSING 728
57. PART VI. GENERAL TOPICS IN BUSINESS HISTORY
58. CHAPTER 48. BUSINESS MEN 733
59. CHAPTER 49. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 748
60. CHAPTER 50. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL 792
61. CHAPTER 51. COMBINATIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF MONOPOLY 798
62. CHAPTER 52. ASSOCIATIONS OF BUSINESS MEN 816
63. CHAPTER 53. THE LOCATION OF BUSINESS UNITS AND INDUSTRIES 826
64. CHAPTER 54. BUSINESS AIDS AND INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROLS 827
65. CHAPTER 55. BUSINESS ETHICS 860
66. CHAPTER 56. BUSINESS RISK 867
67. CHAPTER 57. BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, AND RECEIVERSHIPS 870
68. CHAPTER 58. EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS 874
69. CHAPTER 59. “SUCCESS” AND SELF-HELP LITERATURE FOCUSSED ON BUSINESS 889
70. CHAPTER 61. LABOR: CONDITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION 898
71. CHAPTER 62. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASE 918
72. CHAPTER 63. GENERAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 920
73. CHAPTER 64. RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS 928
74. CHAPTER 65. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PLANNING 940
75. CHAPTER 66. GENERAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 945
76. CHAPTER 67. WAR AND BUSINESS 971
77. CHAPTER 68. NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION 974
78. PART VII. RESEARCH AND REFERENCE MATERIALS
79. CHAPTER 69. THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS HISTORY 985
80. CHAPTER 70. BUSINESS MANUSCRIPT RECORDS 987
81. CHAPTER 71. BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL MUSEUMS 992
82. CHAPTER 72. COMPANY PUBLICATIONS 993
83. CHAPTER 73. TRADE JOURNALS 994
84. CHAPTER 74. TRADE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS 995
85. CHAPTER 75. GOVERNMENT MATERIALS 995
86. CHAPTER 76. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 1004
87. CHAPTER 77. PUBLICATIONS OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES 1005
88. CHAPTER 78. HISTORICAL AND OTHER SPECIAL LIBRARIES 1006
89. CHAPTER 79. BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS 1007
90. CHAPTER 80. GENEALOGIES 1013
91. CHAPTER 81. REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HISTORIES 1015
92. CHAPTER 82. PERIODICAL AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS 1019
93. CHAPTER 83. NEWSPAPERS 1022
94. CHAPTER 84. LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE 1024
95. CHAPTER 85. WORKS OF FOREIGN T R A V E L E R S IN AMERICA 1027
96. CHAPTER 86. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS 1028
97. CHAPTER 87. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS 1031
98. INDEX 1037