TY - BOOK ID - 8818132 TI - The birth of big business in the United States, 1860-1914 : commercial, extractive, and industrial enterprise AU - Whitten, David O. AU - Whitten, Bessie E. PY - 2006 SN - 031332395X 9780313323959 9786612409837 1282409832 0313068100 9798400619304 PB - Westport, Conn. : London : Praeger, Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), DB - UniCat KW - 338 <09> <73> KW - Economische geschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - 338 <09> <73> Economische geschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - Industries KW - History KW - United States KW - Economic conditions. KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8818132 AB - The economic and cultural roots of contemporary American business can be traced directly to developments in the era between the Civil War and World War I. The physical expansion of the country combined with development of transportation and communication infrastructures to create a free market of vast proportion and businesses capable of capitalizing on the accompanying economies of scale, through higher productivity, lower costs, and broader distribution. The Birth of Big Business in the United States illuminates the conditions that changed the face of American business and the national econo ER -