Guide to Business History: Materials for the Study of American Business History and Suggestions for Their Use

Henrietta M. Larson

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Guide to Business History

Materials for the Study of American Business History and Suggestions for Their Use

Henrietta M. Larson
With contributions by: Elsie Hight Bishop

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1948

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Volume 12 | Harvard Studies in Business History

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Business and Economics Political Economics Political Economics, other

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

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February 5, 1948

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674187078

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493124

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Industries -- United States -- History.

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