Thomas J. Dorich

Big Business in America (eBook, PDF)

The Corporate Century, 1900-2000

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This study analyzes the influence of big business on the economic, political, and social structure of twentieth-century America. The author examines the development of a mass production and consumption economy and argues that the corporation became a key institutional force in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978790766
• Artikelnr.: 74840861

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Dorich received his Ph.D in American history from Arizona State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Corporate Century: Overview and Paradigm
Chapter 2: The Monolith Emerges: The Rise of Big Business
Chapter 3: Good Stuff: Creating a Consumer Society
Chapter 4: Seated Around the Monolith: The Organized People of
Plenty-1950's
Interlude: The Organizational Synthesis
Part II Introduction: Corporate Baroque
Chapter 5: The Dance of the Titans: Business/Government Relations and Power
Elite Governance
Chapter 6: Citizen Baroque: Lobbying, Interest Groups, and Campaign Finance
Chapter 7: Sovereign Baroque: Multi-National Enterprise and Globalization