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Author Hughes, Jonathan R. T.

Title The vital few : the entrepreneur and American economic progress / Jonathan Hughes.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Call No.HC102.5.A2 H8 1986

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 Moore Stacks (Suplee Collection)  HC102.5.A2 H8 1986    Available  ---
Edition Expanded ed.
Description xiv, 610 pages ; 21 cm.
Series A Galaxy book ; GB 819
Galaxy book ; GB 819.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 571-583.
Contents Individuals, Events and Economic Change -- THE SEARCH FOR A HAVEN, IDEALISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- William Penn and the Holy Experiment -- Brigham Young and the Great Basin Kingdom -- THE INVENTORS -- Eli Whitney and American Technology -- The Wizard of Menlo Park -- CREATIVE DESTRUCTION----THE INNOVATORS -- Carnegie and the American Steel Industry -- Henry Ford and the Automobile Age -- THE ARTS OF FINANCE AND CHANGING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE---THE ORGANIZERS -- E.H. Harriman, the Financier and the Railroads -- J. Pierpont Morgan, The Investment Banker as Statesman -- BUREAUCRACY: THE NEED TO MONITO AND THE DANGER OF ORGANIZATIONAL GRIDLOCK -- Mary Switzer: Well-Mannered Juggernaut -- Marriner Eccles: Logician in Wonderland -- THE AMERICAN LEGACY AND ITS FUTURE
Note Includes index.
Provenance The Suplee Business Collection honors the memory of Frank E. Suplee '30, 1910-1991. Established by his wife, Mary T. Suplee, and daughter, Katherine A. Suplee, December 1991.
Subject United States -- Biography.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Entrepreneurship -- Biography.
Entrepreneurship.
United States -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Indexed Term United States Entrepreneurship - Biographies
Subject EE.UU. -- Condiciones económicas.
Entrepreneuriat -- Biographies.
États-Unis -- Biographies.
États-Unis -- Conditions économiques.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Hombres de negocios -- EE.UU. -- Biografía.
ISBN 0195040384 paperback
9780195040388 paperback