1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce (Volume II) Consisting of one hundred original articles on commercial topics describing the practical development of the various branches of trade in the united states within the past century and showing
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
458
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/2.7 cm
Gewicht
641 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-741-5
From ships and canals to trusts and tickers, this is the story of how the United States learned to trade at scale. A century of deal-making, infrastructure, and invention unfolds in lived detail here. Money built a nation fast. Volume II of 1795-1895. One Hundred Years of American Commerce gathers one hundred original articles on the engines of enterprise, forming a historical business anthology and primary source collection for the 1795-1895 United States. Written by prominent voices of the era and introduced by Chauncey M. Depew, it traces American trade development through ports, wholesale markets, advertising, manufacturing, and the expanding reach of industrialisation and railroads. Alongside sharp snapshots of banking and finance history, it records the rise of national institutions that shaped the modern economy, from credit systems to corporate organisation. A chronological table of key commercial and inventive milestones turns the book into a dependable commerce reference volume you can dip into or study. For business history researchers and economic history students, it offers period thinking at full strength: assumptions, ambitions, and anxieties from nineteenth century America and the world of gilded age business, indispensable to anyone exploring the history of capitalism. For the curious reader, it is simply compelling: a mosaic of work, risk, and ingenuity told close to the ground, when the nation was remaking itself through commerce. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.
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