The Genesis of Industrial America 18701920 Cambridge Essential Histories

Cambridge University Press

The Genesis of Industrial America 18701920 Cambridge Essential Histories\nby Maury Klein\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Maury Klein\nTitle: The Genesis of Industrial America 18701920 Cambridge Essential Histories\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521859783\nISBN-10: 0521859786\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book, first published in 2007, offers a bold new interpretation of American business history during the formative years 1870\u00E21920, which mark the dawn of modern big business. It focuses on four major revolutions that ushered in this new era: those in power, transportation, communication, and organization. Using the metaphor of America as an economic hothouse uniquely suited to rapid ec.