AuthorBlackford, Mansel G., 1944-
TitleA history of small business in America [electronic resource] / Mansel G. Blackford
Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
Edition 2nd ed
Connect tohttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=101701
Descript xii, 216 p. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

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


SUBJECT

  1. Small business -- United States -- History
  2. Small business -- Government policy -- United States -- History
  3. Electronic books.