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by John Chamberlain. 226 pgs.

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Contributors:

   John Chamberlain

Publisher:

   Van Nostrand

Place of Publication:

  Princeton, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1959
Subjects:   Capitalism, Industries--United States
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books on: (Capitalism) OR (Industries United States)  - 40420 results

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1.
United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built: An Index to Biographies in Collected Works
Book by Wahib Nasrallah; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Business Enterprises--United States--History--Indexes, Businesspeople--United States--Biography--Indexes, Businesswomen--United States--Biography--Indexes, Corporations--United States--History--Indexes, Entrepreneurship--United States--History--Indexes, Executives--United States--Biography--Indexes, Women Executives--United States--Biography--Indexes
...Cornelius N. Bliss: A Merchant Prince and Statesman. In Millionaires and Kings of Enterprise...Suarez, Ruth. Victoria Bondoc: Gemini Industries, A Detour From the Corporate Food...Kingston, Brett. John Cade of Cade Industries/EDAC Technologies. In The Dynamos...Dingle, Derek T. Emma C. Chappell: United Bank of Philadelphia, The Peoples...
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The United States of America: A Study of the American Commonwealth, Its Natural Resources, People, Industries, Manufactures, Commerce, and Its Work in Literature, Science, Education, and Self-Government - Vol. 2
Book by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler; D. Appleton and Company, 1894
Subjects: United States, United States--Civilization, United States--Industries
...Library, Washington, D. C. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A STUDY OF THE...ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, AND...were priceless. Typical American industries .--Merrick Thread Company...the Burden of National in the United States, measured by the Net Ordinary...136 per centum. Typical American industries.--Washburn Moen Iron Works...The Production of Cotton in the United States. The writer may venture to call...
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The United States of America: A Study of the American Commonwealth, Its Natural Resources, People, Industries, Manufactures, Commerce, and Its Work in Literature, Science, Education, and Self-Government
Book by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler; Appleton, 1894
Subjects: United States, United States--Civilization, United States--Industries
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A STUDY OF THE...ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, AND...States came to own it. What the United States did with the valley. Character...conditions of Oregon. Mining industries. Agriculture of the Pacific slope...and the diversification of our industries was accomplished. At any time...area can be compared with the United States, has only a few important agricultural...
4.
The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive, and Industrial Enterprise
Book by David O. Whitten, Bessie E. Whitten; Praeger, 2006
Subjects: Industries--United States--History, United States--Economic Conditions
...313-32395-X (alk. paper) 1. Industries-United States-History. 2. United States-Economic...transportation and communications industries themselves were being consolidated...When the Civil War began, the United States boasted a web of lines and a...the nineteenth century. When the United States entered World War I, both wire-based...and telephony were established industries, and wireless telegraphy was the...
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The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology: Molecules, Markets, and the State in the United States and Japan
Book by Steven W. Collins; RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
Subjects: Biotechnology Industries--Japan, Biotechnology Industries--United States, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Industry--Japan, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Industry--United States, Pharmaceutical Industry--Japan, Pharmaceutical Industry--United States
...markets and the state in the United States and Japan / by Steven W. Collins...references. 1. Biotechnology industries-Japan. 2. Biotechnology industries-United States. 3. Pharmaceutical industry...and innovation strategies. The United States has become home to the worlds...powerfully competitive supporting industries, and science and regulatory policies...
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Deregulatory Takings and the Regulatory Contract: The Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States
Journal article by Herbert Hovenkamp; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 108, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Deregulatory Takings and the Regulatory Contract: The Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States (Book)--Reviews
...Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States by Herbert Hovenkamp...Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States. By J. Gregory Sidak Daniel...COMPETITIVE TRANSFORMATION OF NETWORK INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES (1997). (8.) See, e.g., id...
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Kicking Away the Ladder: An Unofficial History of Capitalism, Especially in Britain and the United States
Journal article by Ha-Joon Chang; Challenge, Vol. 45, 2002
Subjects: Capitalism--History, Economic development--History, United Kingdom--Economic policy, United States economic conditions--History
...internationally competitive ("infant industries") (20) would not be started in the United States, unless the initial losses were...prevailing view of the time that the United States should focus on agriculture and not protect its manufacturing industries. According to List (1885), even...and Rosenberg 1993, table 2.3). Industries such as computers, aerospace, and the Internet, where the United States still maintains an international...
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The Universal Capitalism Movement in the United States
Journal article by Ward Morehouse, Stuart Speiser, Ken Taylor; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 58, 2000
Subjects: Capitalism--Economic aspects, Economic development--Political aspects, United States--History
...Economist, October 3rd-9th, 1998: 30. (9.) Op. Cit., 7. (10.) Op. Cit., 9. REFERENCES Albus, J. (1976) Peoples Capitalism: The Economics of the Robot Revolution, New World Books. Council of Economic Advisors (1995) Economic Indicators 2...
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Self-Employment in the United States: An Update: Self-Employment Continues to Be an Important Source of Jobs in the United States; as in the Past, the Incidence of Self-Employment Continues to Be Highest among Men, Whites, Older Workers, and in Agriculture, Construction, and Services Industries
Journal article by Steven Hipple; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 127, 2004
Subjects: Self employed persons--Forecasts and trends, Self employed persons--Statistics, Self employment--Evaluation, Self employment--Forecasts and trends, Self employment--Statistics, Self-employed persons--Forecasts and trends, Self-employed persons--Statistics
...Important Source of Jobs in the United States; as in the Past, the Incidence...Agriculture, Construction, and Services Industries. by Steven Hipple...counterbalanced by a continued shift towards industries with a large proportion of self-employed...Workers who were natives of the United States were somewhat more likely than...rate of self-employment in the United States has edged up recently. Although...All industries industries...
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Career Strategies in Capitalism and Socialism: Work Values and Job Rewards in the United States Hungary
Journal article by Arne L Kalleberg, David Stark; Social Forces, Vol. 72, 1993
Subjects: Social Service--Periodicals
...institutional contexts of capitalism and socialism. Most...socialism and U.S. capitalism concerns the role of...comprised of service industries). TABLE 1: Demographic...United States Hungary Mean...
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The Hottest Industries for New Business Opportunities: A Region-by-Region Breakdown of the Richest Areas in the United States for Small Company Growth
Magazine article by Yolanda Gault, Dasha Jones, Adrienne Harris, Lloyd Gite, Valencia Roner; Black Enterprise, Vol. 25, March 1995
Subjects: Growth industries--Location, Industrial productivity--Regional disparities
The hottest industries for new business opportunities...breakdown of the richest areas in the United States for small company growth...look at the six regions of the United States to help black entrepreneurs find where the boom industries are. While most business owners...services and health care. These boom industries helped to bolster regional revenues...years, the region has led the United States in employment growth, adding jobs...
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One-Dimensional Growth: Since 1998 the United States Has Lost 11 Percent of Its Manufacturing Jobs - and the Much Vaunted Productivity Gains of the Digital Revolution Seen to Have Disappeared ..
Magazine article by David Friedman; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, January 2003
Subjects: Labor productivity, Manufacturing industries--United States
One-Dimensional Growth: Since 1998 the United States Has Lost 11 Percent of Its Manufacturing Jobs - and the Much Vaunted Productivity Gains of the Digital Revolution Seen...years, when the working-age population was smaller. Moreover, job growth in the nineties was strikingly uneven across industries. Since 1998, in fact, America has shed 11 percent of its relatively well-paying manufacturing jobs, the second worst...
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Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States
Magazine article by W.E.B. Du Bois; Monthly Review, Vol. 41, May 1989
Subjects: African Americans--Economic aspects, Capitalism--Analysis, Economic history--1940s (Decade) AD, Southern States--Economic aspects
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States. by...Negroes will occupy as the crisis of capitalism in the United States develops...relation of the colored folk of the United States to the colored peoples of America...
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Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States
Magazine article by W.E.B. Du Bois; Monthly Review, Vol. 54, April 2003
Subjects: Essay, Essays, Reprints (Publications), The Souls of Black Folks (Essay)
Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the United States. by...1940, 7 million Negroes in the United States lived on farms and 6.5 million...Negroes will occupy as the crisis of capitalism in the United States develops...
5.
Why Is There Socialism Only in the United States?
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 36, May 4, 1984
Subjects: Capitalism--Public opinion, Government ownership--Public opinion, Industrial policy--Political aspects, Nationalization--Public opinion, Socialism--United States
...thinking of lopping off inefficient state industries. Only the United States resists this capitalist trend. Here...rethink the long-held notion that the United States is the only country where no major...Why Is There No Socialism in the United States?" (1906). But now it seems outdated...
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United States First among Equals; China Tipped as New Superpower but Europe Will Struggle
Newspaper article by Joanne Russell; The Birmingham Post (England), January 29, 2000
Subjects: China
...Chinese were living on less than 60p a day in 1997, according to the World Bank. Much of that growth was due to export industries based near the coast and the interior remained very poor. Beijing also faces separatist agitation from Tibetan Buddhists...London. "The UK will be effectively integrated but still outside and complaining." Some European politicians want a United States of Europe but many Britons were hostile to the idea and the UK is unlikely even to join the common currency for several...
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Royal Bank of Scotland Looks to United States for New Acquisitions
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 25, 2005
Subjects: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Royal Bank of Scotland Looks to United States for New Acquisitions. Byline: Nevill Boyd Maunsell The Royal Bank of Scotland, owner of NatWest, signalled yesterday...We make big profits because were a big company with 136,000 employees. Banking profits are not out of line with other industries
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Energy Summit Called to Meet Expected Rise in Fuel Costs
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 5, 2008
Subjects: Energy industries, Energy industry, United States. Department of Energy
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Streamlining Regulation; U.S. Financial-Services Rules Need Reform
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 2, 2005
Subjects: United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
...the nations insurance and pension industries. The single entity would also exercise...regulatory scrutiny. This will allow the United States to move towards a regulatory model...markets. In order to trade in the United States, the investor must open two distinct...account. Financial regulation in the United States becomes yet more complicated when...
5.
Foreign Investment Needs; Restrictions Jeopardize Economic Future
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 30, 2006
Subjects: Economic forecasting--Political aspects, Foreign investments--Political aspects, United States economic conditions--Political aspects
...energy, telecommunications, financial services and other industries viewed as "critical infrastructure." The bill would force...bad idea to restrict foreign direct investment in the United States, provided it does not endanger our national security interests...million Americans employed by foreign companies in the United States. Next, lets look at the American investors stock portfolio...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...of Americans worked in service industries, a proportion matched, among major...Government The government of the United States is that of a federal republic...However, nuclear energy in the United States suffered a severe setback in 1979...core. States with large energy industries such as Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming...American industry, especially heavy industries such as automobile and steel manufacturing...Rust Belt . Central cities in the United States experienced great hardship in...
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New York , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...a major route to the Great Lakes and the midwestern United States as well as the only complete natural route through the...New York has retained some important manufacturing industries, and, by virtue of New York City, it has strengthened...Cleveland (1885 89, 1893 97) served as Presidents of the United States in the late 19th cent. After 1880 the inpouring of...Italy, and Eastern Europe brought workers for the old industries, which were expanding, and for the new ones, including...
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Virginia , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...state, United States state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina...computer communications firms in the U.S. Other leading industries include tourism and the manufacture of chemicals, electrical...Virginia Resolutions ). Of the first 12 Presidents of the United States, seven were Virginians Washington, Jefferson, Madison...spread of wheat cultivation, and from the growth of such industries as tobacco processing and iron manufacture. Slavery...
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Connecticut , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts...manufactures. The states principal industries today produce jet engines and...Financial, real estate, and service industries are also of major importance...In 1994, John G. Rowland, the states first Republican chief executive...Connecticut, at Storrs; and the United States Coast Guard Academy and...state relinquished (1786) to the United States its claims to western land, except...many unemployed. Connecticuts industries continued to grow and develop...
5.
Iowa , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...small, however. Communications, finance, and insurance industries are especially important in Des Moines. Government and...groups, including the Iowa , reputedly the source of the states name, occupied the land. The Sac and Fox also ranged...late as 1830. However, their hold was doomed after the United States acquired Iowa as part of the Louisiana Purchase...were forced to leave the Illinois lands and cede to the United States much of their land along the river on the Iowa side. Within...
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