Format:
1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN:
9780812291353
Series Statement:
American Business, Politics, and Society Ser
Content:
Focusing on the state of New York, home to the first American banks, utilities, canals, and transportation infrastructure projects, Building the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Banking Terms -- Introduction. Strength in Structure -- Chapter 1. "The Most Dangerous and Effectual Engine of Power" -- Chapter 2. "An Enlarged American Scale" -- Chapter 3. "A Very Convenient Instrument" -- Chapter 4. "To Occupy All Points" -- Chapter 5. "If We Must Have War or a Canal, I Am in Favor of the Canal" -- Conclusion. Corporate Political Economy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812247169
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812247169
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3442524
