Corporate History category: 769 books
Harsh Country, Hard Times
Clayton Wheat Williams and the Transformation of the Trans-Pecos
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Clayton Wheat Williams—West Texas oilman, rancher, civic leader, veteran of the Great War, and avocational historian—was a risk taker, who both reflected and molded the history of his region. His life spanned a dynamic period in Texas history when automobiles replaced horse-drawn wagons, electricity...
by Norton Reamer, Jesse Downing
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Investing—the commitment of resources to achieve a return—affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history. Yet until the sixteenth century, investing was a privilege of only the elite classes. The story behind the democratization of investing is bound...
The Land of Enterprise
A Business History of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
This groundbreaking account of the development of American business from the colonial period to the present explains that the history of the United States can best be understood not as a search for freedom—but as a search for wealth and prosperity.
The Land of Enterprise charts the development...
Building the Skyline
The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles...
Keeping Ontario Moving
The History of Roads and Road Building in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario.
In this beautifully illustrated book, virtually every facet of the road building industry in Ontario is discussed, from labour relations to safety, politics, and financing. Follow the history of road-building technology from the...
The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company
A Story of George Washington's Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
From historian Charles Royster--winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes--comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous...
Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000
A History of "the Devil's Metal"
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin can - an invention which created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of the great powers and the masses of the new urban...
Business History
Complexities and Comparisons
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business – from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day.
Business History is global in scope and...
American Still Life
The Jim Beam Story and the Making of the World's #1 Bourbon
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
The untold story of the world's premier bourbon and the family that made it #1
American Still Life tells the intertwined true stories of America's favorite whiskey and the family dynasty that produces it to this very day. Jim Beam is the world's top-selling bourbon whiskey, with sales of over...
Snacks
A Canadian Food History
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
"Snacks" is a history of Canadian snack foods, of the independent producers and workers who make them, and of the consumers who can’t put them down. Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and chocolate maker...
Trademarked
A History of Well-Known Brands from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
In the first 30 years of trade registration—between 1876 and 1906—more than 250,000 marks were registered in Britain. In this book, David Newton—formerly Head of Patents Information at the British Library—has selected 220 of the most interesting and curious of those early brands. Shell originated...
by Aurore Eaton
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company experienced extraordinary growth following its founding in 1831. The complex company developed land and water power and produced rifle muskets for the Union army during the Civil War. America fell in love with the beautiful, long-lasting colors and quality of Amoskeag's...
A History of the Book in America
Volume 4: Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880-1940
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
In a period characterized by expanding markets, national consolidation, and social upheaval, print culture picked up momentum as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. Books, magazines, and newspapers were produced more quickly and more cheaply, reaching ever-increasing numbers of readers....
A History of the Book in America, 5-volume Omnibus E-book
Includes all Five Volumes
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
The five volumes in A History of the Book in America offer a sweeping chronicle of our country's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread...