Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.
As the global economic crisis that developed in the year 2008 makes clear, it is essential for educated individuals to understand the history that underlies contemporary economic developments.
Black business activity has been sustained in America for almost four centuries. From the marketing and trading activities of African slaves in Colonial America to the rise of 20th-century black...
See also Power Forum on Current Events, 458 Fowler Equipment Co., 268 Fox Broadcasting Co., 68, 140, 522 Frame Technology ... Rachelle, xxxvi, 211- 212 Frito-Lay Co., 269 Frohlinger' s Marketing Report, Outstanding Newspaper Executive, ...
Buying, selling, budgeting, and saving are fundamental business practices that almost everyone understands on a basic level.
Stevens, Joseph E. Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. Stewart, John J. The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike. New York: Meadow Lark, 1994. Stockwell, Foster. A History of Information Storage and ...
This encyclopedia contains the biographies of over 100 women, from Clara Barton to Oprah Winfrey, who come from diverse backgrounds, races, age groups, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, and geographic locations. From...
Essays provide information the African American business community and African American business leaders in the United States, from the eighteenth century to the present day.
This landmark reference chronicles the story of many major U.S. industries from their beginnings to the present day and offers a wealth of information on each industry, including key figures,...
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Serving as a general, nontechnical resource for students and academics, these volumes provide an understanding of the development of business as practiced around the world.