Guide to business history : materials for the study of American business history and suggestions for their use

Alphabetical list of directors residing in Boston and companies with which they are connected; official list of officers and directors of corporations doing business in the city of Boston and vicinity, with latest financial statement of each; Boston real estate stock trusts and the trustees of each, and national banks and trust companies and savings banks and coöperative banks and the officers and directors of each. Beginning in 1915, auditors and production engineers in selected cities and a selected list of bank and corporation attorneys in cities and small business centers of the United States and Canada. Published annually. CONTENTS EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION PART II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SETTING OF AMERICAN BUSINESS CHAPTER 1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND CAPITALISM CHAPTER 2. GENERAL AND EUROPEAN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN BUSINESS CHAPTER 3. AMERICAN SETTING PART III. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATORS : BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND ARTICLES CHAPTER 4. GENERAL CHAPTER 5. PETTY CAPITALISTS CHAPTER 6. MERCANTILE CAPITALISTS CHAPTER 7. INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISTS CHAPTER 8. FINANCIAL CAPITALISTS CHAPTER 9. NATIONAL CAPITALISTS CHAPTER 10. COLLECTIVE BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES CHAPTER 11. MISCELLANEOUS PART IV. THE HISTORY OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS UNITS CHAPTER 12. FOREIGN BUSINESS UNITS CHAPTER 13. AGRICULTURE: FARMS AND RANCHES CHAPTER 14. BANKS CHAPTER 15. COMMUNICATION COMPANIES CHAPTER 16. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES CHAPTER 17. DISTRIBUTION CONCERNS CHAPTER 18. INSURANCE COMPANIES CHAPTER 19. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES CHAPTER 20. MINING COMPANIES CHAPTER 21. PETROLEUM COMPANIES CHAPTER 22. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CONCERNS CHAPTER 23. PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES CHAPTER 24. REAL ESTATE AND COLONIZATION COMPANIES CHAPTER 25. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES CHAPTER 26. MISCELLANEOUS PART V. HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 27. GENERAL HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 28. AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 29. COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 30. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 31. DISTRIBUTION CHAPTER 32. FINANCE CHAPTER 33. FISHING AND WHALING INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 34. FOREST INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 35. FUR TRADE CHAPTER 36. INSURANCE CHAPTER 37. MANUFACTURING CHAPTER 38. MINING CHAPTER 39. NEWS INDUSTRY CHAPTER 40. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY CHAPTER 41. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CHAPTER 42. PUBLIC UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRICITY CHAPTER 43. REAL ESTATE CHAPTER 44. RECREATION INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 45. SERVICE INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 46. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 47. WAREHOUSING PART VI. GENERAL TOPICS IN BUSINESS HISTORY CHAPTER 48. BUSINESS MEN CHAPTER 49. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 50. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL CHAPTER 51. COMBINATIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF MONOPOLY CHAPTER 52. ASSOCIATIONS OF BUSINESS MEN CHAPTER 53. THE LOCATION OF BUSINESS UNITS AND INDUSTRIES CHAPTER 54. BUSINESS AIDS AND INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROLS CHAPTER 55. BUSINESS ETHICS CHAPTER 56. BUSINESS RISK CHAPTER 57. BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, AND RECEIVERSHIPS CHAPTER 58. EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS CHAPTER 59. “SUCCESS” AND SELF-HELP LITERATURE FOCUSSED ON BUSINESS CHAPTER 61. LABOR: CONDITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION CHAPTER 62. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASE CHAPTER 63. GENERAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 64. RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS CHAPTER 65. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PLANNING CHAPTER 66. GENERAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CHAPTER 67. WAR AND BUSINESS CHAPTER 68. NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION PART VII. RESEARCH AND REFERENCE MATERIALS CHAPTER 69. THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS HISTORY CHAPTER 70. BUSINESS MANUSCRIPT RECORDS CHAPTER 71. BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL MUSEUMS CHAPTER 72. COMPANY PUBLICATIONS CHAPTER 73. TRADE JOURNALS CHAPTER 74. TRADE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS CHAPTER 75. GOVERNMENT MATERIALS CHAPTER 76. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS CHAPTER 77. PUBLICATIONS OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES CHAPTER 78. HISTORICAL AND OTHER SPECIAL LIBRARIES CHAPTER 79. BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS CHAPTER 80. GENEALOGIES CHAPTER 81. REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HISTORIES CHAPTER 82. PERIODICAL AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS CHAPTER 83. NEWSPAPERS CHAPTER 84. LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE CHAPTER 85. WORKS OF FOREIGN T R A V E L E R S IN AMERICA CHAPTER 86. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS CHAPTER 87. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS INDEX This comprehensive guide to the materials of business history lists, describes, evaluates, and indexes about five thousand items. It will prove an invaluable tool for research in this field.