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The visible hand: the managerial revolution in American business
Contents
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Table of Contents
- Frontmatter page N/A
- Introduction: The Visible Hand page 1
- Part I : The Traditional Processes of Production and Distribution page 13
- Chapter 1 : The Traditional Enterprise in Commerce page 15
- Chapter 2 : The Traditional Enterprise in Production page 50
- Part II : The Revolution in Transportation and Communication page 79
- Chapter 3 : The Railroads: The First Modern Business Enterprises, 1850's-1860's page 81
- Chapter 4 : Railroad Cooperation and Competition, 1870s-1880s page 122
- Chapter 5 : System Building, 1880s-1900s page 145
- Chapter 6 : Completing the Infrastructure page 188
- Part III : The Revolution in Distribution and Production page 207
- Chapter 7 : Mass Distribution page 209
- Chapter 8 : Mass Production page 240
- Part IV : The Integration of Mass Production with Mass Distribution page 285
- Chapter 9 : The Coming of the Modern Industrial Corporation page 287
- Chapter 10 : Integration by Way of Merger page 315
- Chapter 11 : Integration Completed page 345
- Part V : The Management and Growth of Modern Industrial Empire page 377-38
- Chapter 12 : Middle Management page 381
- Chapter 13 : Top Management: Function and Structure page 415
- Chapter 14 : The Maturing of Modern Business Enterprise page 455
- Conclusion: The Managerial Revolution in American Business page 484
- Appendixes page 503
- Notes page 515
- Index page 587
Reviews
- CS: 9.1 (Jan. 1980): 81-82
- APSR: 73.2 (Jun. 1979): 580-581
- JEL: 17.1 (Mar. 1979): 93-96
- JAH: 65.3 (Dec. 1978): 801-802
- JEH: 38.3 (Sep. 1978): 757-761
- AHR: 83.3 (Jun. 1978): 816-817
- SC: 200.4342 (May 1978): 640-642
- AER: 58.5 (Dec. 1968): 1432-1433
Catalog record
| Title | The visible hand : the managerial revolution in American business / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. |
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| Author | Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007 |
| Extent | 600dpi TIFF G4 page images |
| E-Distribution Information | MPublishing, University of Michigan Library Ann Arbor, Michigan Permission must be received for any subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact info@hebook.org for more information. |
| Source Version | The visible hand : the managerial revolution in American business / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007 Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977. |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00628.0001.001 |
| Subject Headings | • Business enterprises -- United States -- Management -- History • Industrial organization -- United States -- History • Industries -- United States |
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