The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939: 23 (New Studies in Economic and Social History, Series Number 23)

by Christopher Schmitz (Author), Christopher Schmitz (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $29.50

  This book provides the first introductory, comparative account of the rise of giant business corporations in America and Europe in the century before the Second World War. It discusses the evolution of firms like Ford, Exxon, Unilever and Siemens, as well as introducing the reader to the major explanations that have been advanced by historians and economists in order to account for these developments in the global economic order.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.38

  Few developments in the world economy over the past century have been more controversial than the rise of big business and multinational enterprise. In this study, the author offers a brief survey of the nature and spread of big business in western Europe, the USA and Japan from 1850 to 1939.