| Description |
xvii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-485) and index. |
| Contents |
Making tracks: The industrial revolution, canals, and railways -- Breaking out: The story of the U.S. Railroads -- Investing at the speed of sound: How the telephone changed everything -- Lighting up: Edison and the electric lamp -- Digging deep: The search for oil -- Driving forward: The history of the automobile -- Making waves: The story of wireless, from Marconi to Baird -- Making it count: From adding machines to mainframes -- Processing power for all: The rise of the PC -- The Internet: How time-share computing became a reality -- The pathology of technology investing. |
| Subject |
Industries -- Finance.
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Industries -- Finance. |
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Industries. |
| ISBN |
0471205958 |
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