Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Series on Business, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy – serie
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Oil and Ideology
The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry
Häftad, 2000
547 kr
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Traditional accounts of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company, as well as more recent best-selling books on the subject, still accept without question charges of unethical and anti-competitive behaviour by the American oil industry. In this synthesis of cultural, business, gender and …
Navigating Failure
Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America
Häftad, 2001
518 kr
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The culture of American capitalism and one of its most enduring features - bankruptcy The ""self-made"" man is a familiar figure in nineteenth-century American history. But the relentless expansion of market relations that facilitated such stories of commercial success also ensured that individual …
Missionary Capitalist
Nelson Rockefeller in Venezuela
Häftad, 2002
518 kr
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The first work to draw on Nelson A. Rockefeller's newly available personal papers as well as research in Latin American archives, Missionary Capitalist details Rockefeller's efforts to promote economic development in Latin America, particularly Venezuela, from the late 1930s through the 1950s. …
Corporation As Family
The Gendering of Corporate Welfare, 1890-1930
Häftad, 2002
503 kr
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The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a remarkable growth of corporate welfare programs in American industry. By the mid-1920s, 80 percent of the nation's largest companies--firms including DuPont, International Harvester, and Metropolitan Life Insurance--engaged in some form of welfare …
Beyond the Broker State
Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961
Häftad, 2001
616 kr
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Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln both considered small business the backbone of American democracy and free enterprise. In Beyond the Broker State , Jonathan Bean considers the impact of this ideology on American politics from the Great Depression to the creation of the Small Business …
History of Small Business in America
Häftad, 2003
518 kr
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From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly updated, this study explores the central but ever-changing role played by small enterprises in the nation's economic, political and cultural …
Yankee Don't Go Home!
Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture, and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920-1950
Av Julio Moreno
Häftad, 2003
547 kr
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In the aftermath of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Mexican and U.S. political leaders, business executives, and ordinary citizens shaped modern Mexico by making industrial capitalism the key to upward mobility into the middle class, material prosperity, and a new form of democracy--consumer …
Capital Intentions
Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920
Av Edith Sparks
Häftad, 2006
474 kr
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Late nineteenth-century San Francisco was an ethnically diverse but male-dominated society bustling from a rowdy gold rush, recovery from the earthquake, and explosive economic growth. Within this booming marketplace, some women stepped beyond their roles as wives, caregivers, and homemakers to …
Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington
The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur
Häftad, 2009
589 kr
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In the 1940s, the name Henry J. Kaiser was magic. Based on the success of his shipyards, Kaiser was hailed by the national media as the force behind a 'can-do' production miracle and credited by the American public with doing more to help President Roosevelt win World War II than any other …
DDT and the American Century
Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World
Häftad, 2013
473 kr
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Praised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides. In DDT and the American Century , David Kinkela chronicles the use of …
America and the Japanese Miracle
The Cold War Context of Japan's Postwar Economic Revival, 1950-1960
Häftad, 2014
545 kr
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In this book, Aaron Forsberg presents an arresting account of Japan's postwar economic resurgence in a world polarized by the Cold War. His fresh interpretation highlights the many connections between Japan's economic revival and changes that occurred in the wider world during the 1950s. Drawing on …
Jimmy Carter's Economy
Policy in an Age of Limits
Häftad, 2014
545 kr
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The massive inflation and oil crisis of the 1970s damaged Jimmy Carter's presidency. In Jimmy Carter's Economy, Carl Biven traces how the Carter administration developed and implemented economic policy amid multiple crises and explores how a combination of factors beyond the administration's …
How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy
Business, Power, and the Environment in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles
Häftad, 2014
473 kr
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Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over federal politics.Los Angeles's struggles …
