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American business, 1920-2000 : how it worked / Thomas K. McCraw.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)Publication details: Wheeling, Ill. : Harlan Davidson, c2000.Description: xii, 270 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0882959859 (alk. paper)
  • 9780882959856 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC106.82 .M39 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : eighty years of relentless change -- ch. 1. The 1920s : motor vehicles and modern management -- ch. 2. Overview : the financial system -- ch. 3. The 1930s : Depression, consumers, and the case of Procter & Gamble -- ch. 4. Overview : women in business -- ch. 5. The New Deal and World War II, 1933-1945 : regulation and decentralization -- ch. 6. Overview : African Americans in business -- 7. Toward a peak of prosperity, 1945-1973 : RCA and color TV -- ch. 8. Overview : industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals -- ch. 9. 1973-2000 : slower economic growth, franchising, and the case of McDonald's -- ch. 10. Overview : computers, Silicon Valley, and the Internet -- Epilogue : themes of an era : 1920-2000.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-246) and index.

Introduction : eighty years of relentless change -- ch. 1. The 1920s : motor vehicles and modern management -- ch. 2. Overview : the financial system -- ch. 3. The 1930s : Depression, consumers, and the case of Procter & Gamble -- ch. 4. Overview : women in business -- ch. 5. The New Deal and World War II, 1933-1945 : regulation and decentralization -- ch. 6. Overview : African Americans in business -- 7. Toward a peak of prosperity, 1945-1973 : RCA and color TV -- ch. 8. Overview : industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals -- ch. 9. 1973-2000 : slower economic growth, franchising, and the case of McDonald's -- ch. 10. Overview : computers, Silicon Valley, and the Internet -- Epilogue : themes of an era : 1920-2000.