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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (357 entries) : 79 images ; digital files. |
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Facts on File library of American history |
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Facts on File library of American history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Contributors -- Introduction -- Entries A-Y -- Chronology -- Selected primary documents: Hudson's Bay Company Charter, 1670; Alexander Hamilton, Report on the subject of manufactures, 1791; Constitution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886; Interstate Commerce Act, 1887; Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth," 1889; Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890; Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906; Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al. v. United States, 1911; Clayton Antitrust Act, 1914; Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Forgotten man"; Securities Exchange Act, 1934; National Labor Relations Act, 1935; Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Military-industrial complex" address, 1961; Ronald Reagan's address to the nation on the economy, 1981; United States v. Microsoft, 2000 -- General bibliography. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
This A-to-Z encyclopedia provides detailed coverage of America's business history, from the Hudson fur trade to the Internet. Informative entries profile corporate titans and tycoons, Wall Street wizards, industry leaders, and major events and institutions of American business -- spanning the period after American independence to the present day. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Business enterprises -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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Industries -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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United States -- Commerce -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
American business history. |
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Print version: 0816043507 9780816043507 (DLC) 2005003309 2 volumes (xii, 592 pages) : illustrations, map |
| ISBN |
9781787852525 electronic version |
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0816043507 set : alk. paper |
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9780816043507 set |
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