Author | Blackford, Mansel G., 1944- |
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Title | A history of small business in America [electronic resource] / Mansel G. Blackford |
Imprint | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
Edition | 2nd ed |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=101701 |
Descript | xii, 216 p. ; 25 cm |
Small business before 1880 -- Small business in the age of giant enterprise, 1880-1920 -- Industrial districts and stand-alone companies -- Small business in boom and bust, 1921-1945 -- Specialty products and niche markets -- Small business in an expanding economy, 1946-1971 -- Small firms in the Silicon Valley -- Small business in modern America, 1972-2000 -- Independent bookstores in a time of consolidation