Historical encyclopedia of American business. Volume 3, Securities and Exchange Commission -- Zoning, commercial ; Appendixes ; Indexes

Table of Contents......Page 6 Volume 1......Page 16 Volume 2......Page 19 Volume 3......Page 21 Publisher’s Note......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Volume 1: Accounting industry—Google ......Page 4 The Du Pont Model of Financial Ratios......Page 26 Advertising industry......Page 27 Where Advertisers Spent Their Money in 2007......Page 30 Affirmative action programs......Page 32 AFL-CIO......Page 34 Unions in the AFL-CIO, 2008......Page 35 Agency for International Development, U.S.......Page 38 Agriculture......Page 40 Farms and Farmland, 1850-2006......Page 43 Agriculture, U.S. Department of......Page 45 Air traffic controllers’ strike......Page 48 Air transportation industry......Page 49 Number of Airline Passengers by Route, 2007, in Thousands......Page 52 Aircraft industry......Page 53 Number of Airports and Pilots, 1930-2005......Page 54 Airships......Page 55 Alaska Pipeline......Page 57 Alaska purchase......Page 59 Alcoholic beverage industry......Page 61 Spending on Alcoholic Beverages, 1940-2007, in Millions of Dollars......Page 63 American Automobile Association......Page 64 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers......Page 65 American Stock Exchange......Page 66 Amtrak......Page 68 Annapolis Convention......Page 69 Antique and art markets......Page 70 Selected Prices from a 2008 Christie’s Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art......Page 71 Antitrust legislation......Page 72 Poetical Observations on Antitrust Legislation......Page 73 Apple......Page 74 Arab oil embargo of 1973......Page 75 Arms industry......Page 76 Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.......Page 79 Articles of Confederation......Page 81 Asian financial crisis of 1997......Page 82 Asian trade with the United States......Page 83 Top Trading Partners of the United States, Total Trade in Goods, 2007......Page 85 Astor, John Jacob......Page 86 Automation in factories......Page 87 Automotive industry......Page 90 New Motor Vehicle Sales and Lease, 1970-2005, in Thousands......Page 92 Bank failures......Page 94 Ten Biggest Bank Failures, 1937-2008......Page 96 Bank of the United States, First......Page 97 Bank of the United States, Second......Page 99 Andrew Jackson Questions the Bank of the United States' Constitutionality......Page 100 Banking......Page 101 Top Twenty Banks in the World, 2008, by Assets, in Millions of U.S. Dollars......Page 106 Bankruptcy law......Page 107 Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Filings, 1980-2007......Page 109 Barron’s......Page 110 Baseball strike of 1972......Page 111 Beef Supply and Use, 1990-2006, in Millions of Pounds......Page 112 Bell, Alexander Graham......Page 113 Bell Labs......Page 115 Black Hills gold rush......Page 116 Black Monday......Page 118 Bond industry......Page 120 Book publishing......Page 121 Books Sold in United States, 2006......Page 122 Boston Tea Party......Page 123 Boycotts, consumer......Page 125 Bracero program......Page 126 Bretton Woods Agreement......Page 128 Age in Years of U.S. Bridges as of 2007......Page 129 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters......Page 131 Buffett, Warren......Page 132 Business crimes......Page 133 Business cycles......Page 135 Real Gross Domestic Product per Capita in the United States......Page 136 Business schools......Page 137 Top Ten Business Schools, as Ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2008......Page 138 California gold rush......Page 140 President Polk Acknowledges California's Gold......Page 141 Canadian trade with the United States......Page 142 United States Trade with Canada, 1985-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 144 Canals......Page 145 Carnegie, Andrew......Page 148 Carver, George Washington......Page 149 Catalog shopping......Page 150 Cereal crops......Page 152 U.S. Department of Energy on Biofuels......Page 153 Chávez, César......Page 154 Chemical industries......Page 155 Child labor......Page 158 Child product safety laws......Page 161 Chinese trade with the United States......Page 162 United States Trade with China, 1985-2005, in MIllions of Dollars......Page 164 Christmas marketing......Page 166 Chrysler’s Origins......Page 168 Civil Rights Act of 1964......Page 169 Civil Rights movement......Page 170 Civil War, U.S.......Page 172 Confederate and Union Territories......Page 173 Wholesale Price Indexes, 1860-1866, by Product Group (1910-1914 = 100)......Page 176 Clay’s American System......Page 178 Clayton Antitrust Act......Page 179 Coal Production, 1980-2005, in Millions of Short Tons......Page 180 Coal strike of 1902......Page 182 Coca-Cola Company......Page 183 Coin’s Financial School......Page 184 Cola industry......Page 185 Colonial economic systems......Page 187 Spanish Territories......Page 188 New France......Page 189 New Netherland and New Sweden......Page 192 Colorado River water......Page 193 Commerce, U.S. Department of......Page 195 Commodity markets......Page 198 Commodities in Trading Places......Page 199 Computer industry......Page 201 Value of Shipments of Electronic Computers, 2000-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 203 Confederate currency......Page 204 Congress, U.S.......Page 205 Constitution, U.S.......Page 208 Construction industry......Page 210 New Residential Construction, 1980-2005......Page 211 Contract law......Page 213 Elements of an Enforceable Contract......Page 214 “Coolie” labor......Page 216 Copyright law......Page 218 Cotton gin......Page 221 Cotton industry......Page 222 Cotton Exports, 1990-2005......Page 223 Counterfeiting......Page 224 Coxey’s Army......Page 227 Credit card buying......Page 228 Family Usage of General-Purpose Credit Cards, 1995-2004......Page 230 Crédit Mobilier of America scandal......Page 231 Credit unions......Page 232 “Cross of Gold” speech......Page 234 Cumberland Road......Page 235 Currency......Page 236 Dairy industry......Page 240 Milk Produced, by Volume and Value, 1990-2005......Page 241 Dams and aqueducts......Page 243 A Closer Look at the First Los Angeles Aqueduct......Page 244 Daylight saving time......Page 246 DC-3 aircraft......Page 247 Debs, Eugene V.......Page 248 Deming, W. Edwards......Page 249 Depression of 1784......Page 250 Depression of 1808-1809......Page 251 Deregulation of financial institutions......Page 253 Derivatives and hedge fund industry......Page 255 Digital recording technology......Page 256 Diners Club......Page 258 Disney, Walt......Page 259 Disneyland......Page 260 Dot-com bubble......Page 261 Dow Jones Industrial Average......Page 262 Dow Jones Industrial Average Historic Closings......Page 263 Drive-through businesses......Page 264 Drug trafficking......Page 266 Drug Enforcement Administration Drug Seizures, 1986-2007......Page 267 Dust Bowl......Page 269 eBay......Page 271 Edison, Thomas Alva......Page 272 Education......Page 274 School Spending, 1980-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 275 Education, U.S. Department of......Page 276 Electronics industry......Page 278 U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales by Product, 2003-2006, in Millions of Dollars......Page 280 E-mail......Page 281 Embargo Acts......Page 282 Energy, U.S. Department of......Page 283 Energy crisis of 1979......Page 286 Enron bankruptcy......Page 287 Environmental movement......Page 288 Environmental Protection Agency......Page 290 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......Page 292 “Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal”......Page 295 The Erie Canal......Page 296 European trade with the United States......Page 298 United States Trade with the European Union, 1997-2007, in Millions of Dollars......Page 299 Exploration......Page 301 Export-Import Bank of the United States......Page 303 Farm Credit Administration......Page 305 Farm labor......Page 306 Median Hourly Wages for Agricultural Workers as of May, 2006, in Dollars......Page 308 Farm protests......Page 310 Farm subsidies......Page 311 Government Spending on Farm Income Stabilization, 1990-2006, in Billions of Dollars......Page 312 Fast-food restaurants......Page 313 Federal Communications Commission......Page 316 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation......Page 319 Federal Emergency Management Agency......Page 322 Federal Reserve......Page 324 Consumer Debt, 1945-2007, Seasonally Adjusted in Millions of Dollars......Page 326 Federal Trade Commission......Page 327 FedEx......Page 330 Fiber-optic industry......Page 331 Films with business themes......Page 332 Financial crisis of 2008......Page 335 Fishing industry......Page 339 Food and Drug Administration......Page 340 FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, Arrests and Convictions, 1993-2003......Page 342 Food for Peace......Page 343 Food-processing industries......Page 344 Food Stamp Plan......Page 348 Ford, Henry......Page 349 Ford Motor Company......Page 351 Forestry industry......Page 352 A Closer Look at Timber-Based Manufacturing in the United States......Page 355 Fort Knox......Page 356 Fortune......Page 357 401(k) retirement plans......Page 358 Franklin, Benjamin......Page 359 French and Indian War......Page 360 Fuller Brush Company......Page 361 Funeral industry......Page 362 Fur trapping and trading......Page 364 The Gadsden Purchase Territory......Page 368 Gambling industry......Page 369 Gambling Revenue, 1995-2006, in Billions of Dollars......Page 371 Garner, John Nance......Page 372 Garvey, Marcus......Page 373 Gates, Bill......Page 375 Genentech......Page 376 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade......Page 377 General Electric......Page 378 General Motors......Page 379 U.S. Market Share of Top Seven Automakers (%)......Page 380 Genetic engineering......Page 381 Getty, J. Paul......Page 382 G.I. Bill......Page 383 Roosevelt’s View of the G.I. Bill......Page 384 Gilded Age......Page 385 Gold standard......Page 386 Gompers, Samuel......Page 387 Google......Page 388 Volume 2: Gould, Jay—Secret Service, U.S. ......Page 392 Gould, Jay......Page 406 Government spending......Page 407 Government Spending, Selected Areas, 1990-2006, in Billions of Dollars......Page 408 Granger movement......Page 410 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company......Page 412 Great Depression......Page 413 Great Migration......Page 416 Greenspan, Alan......Page 417 Greeting card industry......Page 418 Top Five Sellers in the Everyday and Seasonal Market......Page 419 Hamilton, Alexander......Page 421 Hawaii annexation......Page 422 Haymarket Riot......Page 424 Health care industry......Page 425 Consumer Price Indexes of Medical Care Prices, 1980-2005 (1982-1984=100)......Page 427 HealthSouth scandal......Page 429 Highways......Page 431 Total Road Mileage and Travel by Type of Road, 2006......Page 432 Hoffa, Jimmy......Page 434 Home Shopping Network......Page 435 Homeland Security, U.S. Department of......Page 436 Homestead Act of 1862......Page 438 Homestead strike......Page 439 Horses......Page 440 Hotel and motel industry......Page 441 Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of......Page 443 How-to-succeed books......Page 445 New York Times Top Ten Business Hardcover Best Sellers, October, 2008......Page 447 Hughes, Howard......Page 448 Hurricane Katrina......Page 450 Identity theft......Page 452 Immigration......Page 454 A Closer Look at the Numbers......Page 455 Income tax, corporate......Page 457 U.S. Corporate Income Tax, Tax Brackets and Rates, Selected Years......Page 460 Income tax, personal......Page 461 The Canons of Taxation......Page 463 Incorporation laws......Page 464 Indentured labor......Page 467 Indian removal......Page 468 Industrial research......Page 469 Industrial Revolution, American......Page 472 Industrial Workers of the World......Page 475 Industrial Workers of the World......Page 476 Inflation......Page 477 Insider trading......Page 481 Insurance industry......Page 482 Premiums for Property and Casualty Insurance, 2000 and 2005, in Billions of Dollars......Page 483 Interest rates......Page 485 Comparative Interest Rates in the United States, 1930-2007......Page 488 Interior, U.S. Department of the......Page 490 Internal migration......Page 491 Internal Revenue Code......Page 493 International Brotherhood of Teamsters......Page 494 International Business Machines......Page 496 International economics and trade......Page 498 Exports of World Regions, Percentages by Sector, 2006......Page 499 International Longshoremen’s Association......Page 502 Internet Access and Usage, 2006......Page 504 Inventions......Page 506 Patents Issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Fiscal Years 1987-2007......Page 508 Iraq wars......Page 510 Military Cost of Middle East Wars......Page 512 Irrigated farming......Page 514 Japanese trade with the United States......Page 515 United States Trade with Japan, 1985-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 516 Jewelry industry......Page 519 The Jungle......Page 520 Junior Achievement......Page 521 Bond Credit Ratings by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor's......Page 522 Justice, U.S. Department of......Page 523 Number of Financial Crime Cases Under Investigation by the FBI, Fiscal Year 2007......Page 524 Klondike gold rush......Page 526 Routes to the Klondike......Page 528 Knights of Labor......Page 529 Korean War......Page 530 Military Cost of Korean War, 1950-1953......Page 532 Labor, U.S. Department of......Page 534 Labor history......Page 537 Union Membership in the United States, 1970-2003......Page 538 Labor strikes......Page 539 Land laws......Page 543 Disposition of Lands in the Public Domain, 1781-2005......Page 545 Latin American trade with the United States......Page 546 United States Trade with Selected Latin American Countries, 2007, in Millions of Dollars......Page 548 Legal services......Page 549 Tax-Preparation Services......Page 552 Lend-Lease Act......Page 553 Lewis, John L.......Page 554 Route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806......Page 555 Literary works with business themes......Page 557 Lotteries, state-run......Page 560 Lottery Sales and Profits by State, Fiscal Year 2006......Page 562 Louisiana Purchase......Page 564 The Louisiana Purchase Territory......Page 565 McDonald’s restaurants......Page 567 Magazine industry......Page 568 Management theory......Page 571 Marshall Plan......Page 573 Meatpacking industry......Page 575 Top Eight Meatpacking Companies, by Sales, 2008......Page 577 Merger and corporate reorganization industry......Page 578 Metric system......Page 580 Mexican trade with the United States......Page 582 U.S. Trade with Mexico, 1985-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 583 Mexican War......Page 585 Military Cost of Mexican War, 1846-1849......Page 586 Military-industrial complex......Page 587 Mineral resources......Page 589 Gemstones......Page 591 Minimum wage laws......Page 592 Mint, U.S.......Page 594 Major U.S. Commemorative Coins, 1982-2009......Page 595 Mississippi and Missouri Rivers......Page 596 Monetary policy, federal......Page 599 Montgomery Ward......Page 602 Morgan, J. P.......Page 603 Morris Plan banks......Page 604 Mortgage industry......Page 605 Total Home Mortgage Debt Outstanding, 1990-2005......Page 607 Motion-picture industry......Page 608 Top Ten Highest Grossing Films Within the United States......Page 610 Muckraking journalism......Page 611 Multinational corporations......Page 613 Music industry......Page 615 Size of the U.S. Sound-Recording Industry......Page 617 Mutual fund industry......Page 618 NASDAQ......Page 620 National Broadcasting Company......Page 621 National Labor Relations Board......Page 622 National Labor Union......Page 625 National Science Foundation......Page 626 Native American trade......Page 627 Neutrality Act of 1794......Page 631 New Deal programs......Page 632 New York Stock Exchange......Page 635 NYSE Trading Volume Firsts......Page 636 Newspaper industry......Page 638 Primary News Sources for Internet Users, 2005......Page 640 Nixon’s China visit......Page 641 North American Free Trade Agreement......Page 643 United States Trade with NAFTA Countries, 2005-2007, in Billions of Dollars......Page 645 Northern Securities Company......Page 646 Northwest Ordinances......Page 648 Nuclear power industry......Page 649 Occupational Safety and Health Act......Page 653 Online marketing......Page 655 Online Retail Spending, 2001 and 2006, in Billions of Dollars......Page 656 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries......Page 657 Organized crime......Page 659 Outsourcing, overseas......Page 662 Panama Canal Zone......Page 666 Panic of 1819......Page 667 Panic of 1837......Page 669 Panic of 1857......Page 671 Panic of 1873......Page 673 Panic of 1893......Page 675 Panic of 1907......Page 677 Papermaking industry......Page 679 Patent law......Page 681 The Beginnings of Patent Law......Page 683 Penn, William......Page 685 Pension and retirement plans......Page 686 Money Spent on Pensions in 2005......Page 688 Petroleum industry......Page 689 Pharmaceutical industry......Page 693 Photographic equipment industry......Page 695 Pike’s western explorations......Page 698 Piracy, maritime......Page 699 Plantation agriculture......Page 701 Pony Express......Page 703 Ponzi schemes......Page 705 Poor People’s Campaign of 1968......Page 707 Pork industry......Page 708 Postal savings banks......Page 709 Postal Service, U.S.......Page 711 A Closer Look at the United States Postal Service......Page 713 Poultry industry......Page 714 Poultry Supply and Use, 1990-2006, in Millions of Pounds......Page 716 Presidency, U.S.......Page 717 Price fixing......Page 720 Printing industry......Page 722 Employees in Printing by Industry Segment, 2006......Page 723 Private security industry......Page 725 Privatization......Page 727 How the United States Used Contractors During the Iraq War, 2003-2007......Page 728 Prohibition......Page 729 Promotional holidays......Page 731 Public transportation, local......Page 735 Public utilities......Page 738 Utilities in the United States, 2002......Page 741 Pullman Strike......Page 743 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act......Page 745 Radio broadcasting industry......Page 746 Estimated Revenue and Expenses for Radio Stations, 2004-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 747 Railroad strike of 1877......Page 750 Railroads......Page 751 Net Income of Major U.S. Railroads, 1890-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 753 Reader’s Digest......Page 756 Real estate industry, commercial......Page 758 Real estate industry, residential......Page 759 Recession of 1937-1938......Page 762 Rental industry......Page 763 Revenue from Rental Businesses, 2000 and 2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 764 Restaurant industry......Page 765 Restaurant Sales, 1970-2008......Page 767 Retail trade industry......Page 768 Retail Trade Sales by Kind of Business, 1995-2005, in Billions of Dollars......Page 769 Revolutionary War......Page 771 Military Cost of Revolutionary War, 1775-1783......Page 773 Rice industry......Page 774 Rice Production in the United States, 2001-2007......Page 775 Robber barons......Page 776 Rockefeller, John D.......Page 777 Royal Charters of North American colonies......Page 778 Rubber industry......Page 779 Sales taxes......Page 781 State Sales Tax Rates as of January 1, 2008......Page 782 Savings and loan associations......Page 784 Number of FDIC-Insured Savings Institutions, Unites States and Other Areas, 1984-2007......Page 785 Sears, Roebuck and Company......Page 786 Secret Service, U.S.......Page 787 Volume 3: Securities and Exchange Commission—Zoning, commercial ......Page 792 Securities and Exchange Commission......Page 806 September 11 terrorist attacks......Page 809 Service industries......Page 811 Number of Establishments and Payroll by Service Industry, 2004......Page 812 Sewing machines......Page 813 Sharecropping......Page 814 Shays’s Rebellion......Page 816 Shipping industry......Page 817 Sit-down strike of 1936-1937......Page 819 Slave era......Page 821 Slavery in the United States and Its Territories, c. 1860......Page 823 Slave trading......Page 826 Slave Population in the United States, 1790-1860......Page 829 Small Business Administration......Page 830 What Is a Small Business?......Page 831 Social Security system......Page 832 Space race......Page 836 Spanish-American War......Page 839 Military Cost of Spanish-American War, 1898-1899......Page 840 Sports, intercollegiate......Page 841 Sports franchises......Page 843 Stagecoach line, first......Page 847 Standard & Poor’s......Page 848 Standard Oil Company......Page 849 Stanford, Leland......Page 850 Steamboats......Page 851 Gibbons V. Ogden......Page 852 Steel industry......Page 853 A Comparison of Steel and Iron......Page 854 Steel mill seizure of 1952......Page 857 Stewart, Martha......Page 858 Stock market crash of 1929......Page 859 Stock markets......Page 861 Stock Trading Volume by Market, 2006......Page 862 Sugar industry......Page 863 How Sugar Is Produced......Page 864 Supersonic jetliners......Page 865 Supply-side economics......Page 866 Supreme Court and banking law......Page 867 Supreme Court and commerce......Page 870 Supreme Court and contract law......Page 874 Supreme Court and labor law......Page 876 Supreme Court and land law......Page 879 Taiwanese trade with the United States......Page 884 Tariff of Abominations......Page 885 Tariffs......Page 886 United States Total Merchandise Trade with Free Trade Nations, 2005-2007, in Millions of Dollars......Page 889 Taxation......Page 890 Taxes Collected by the Federal Government, 1990-2005, in Billions of Dollars......Page 891 Tea Act of 1773......Page 893 Teapot Dome scandal......Page 894 Telecommunications industry......Page 895 Telecommunications Industry Revenue, 1995-2004, in Millions of Dollars......Page 897 Television broadcasting industry......Page 898 Estimated Revenue and Expenses for Television Broadcasting, 2004-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 900 Television programming with business themes......Page 901 Tennessee Valley Authority......Page 904 Texas annexation......Page 906 Three Mile Island accident......Page 908 Thrift stores......Page 909 Time zones......Page 910 Tobacco industry......Page 911 The Big Five Transnational Tobacco Companies, 1999......Page 913 Tourism industry......Page 915 Ten Cities of the United States Most Visited by Overseas Travelers in 2006......Page 917 Townshend Act......Page 918 Trading stamps......Page 919 Transatlantic cable......Page 920 Transatlantic steamer service......Page 921 Transcontinental railroad......Page 922 Transportation, U.S. Department of......Page 923 Treasury, U.S. Department of the......Page 925 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire......Page 928 Trickle-down theory......Page 929 Trucking industry......Page 930 Revenue Generated by Trucking, 2000-2005, in Millions of Dollars......Page 932 Trump, Donald......Page 933 Truth-in-advertising codes......Page 934 Truth-in-lending laws......Page 935 Tupperware......Page 936 Turnpikes......Page 937 Tyco International scandal......Page 938 United Farm Workers of America......Page 940 United Food and Commercial Workers......Page 941 United Mine Workers of America......Page 942 United States Steel Corporation......Page 944 USA Today......Page 945 Vending machines......Page 947 Where Vending Machines Can Be Found, 2007......Page 948 Video rental industry......Page 951 Vietnam War......Page 952 Military Costs of Major Twentieth Century Wars......Page 953 Wages......Page 956 Work Time in Minutes Required to Buy Various Products......Page 957 Employee Compensation and Principal Components, 1970 and 2006, in Billions of Dollars......Page 958 Walker, Madam C. J.......Page 959 Wall Street......Page 960 The Wall Street Journal......Page 961 Wal-Mart......Page 962 World’s Five Largest Companies, 2008, by Revenue, in Millions of Dollars, Ranked by Forbes......Page 963 Military Cost of the War of 1812, 1812-1815......Page 964 War surplus......Page 965 Warehouse and discount stores......Page 969 Wars......Page 971 Presence of Contractor Personnel During U.S. Wars or Conflicts......Page 973 Washington, George......Page 975 Water resources......Page 977 Western Union......Page 980 Whaling industry......Page 981 The Famous Whale Hunter, Captain Ahab, and Moby Dick......Page 982 Whiskey tax of 1791......Page 983 Whiskey Trust......Page 984 Wilderness Road......Page 985 Women in business......Page 986 Worker Gender, 1975-2007......Page 987 The Struggle for Equality in the Workplace......Page 988 Woodworking industry......Page 990 World Trade Organization......Page 991 World War I......Page 992 Consumer Price Index, 1914-1921 (1967=100)......Page 996 World War II......Page 997 Federal Government Spending, 1939-1950, in Millions of Dollars......Page 998 WorldCom bankruptcy......Page 1002 Zoning, commercial......Page 1004 Appendixes......Page 1006 Glossary......Page 1008 Business Leaders......Page 1020 Corporations......Page 1021 Financial History......Page 1022 Government Regulation and Law......Page 1024 Labor......Page 1025 Race, Class, Gender, and Culture......Page 1026 Notable Persons in American Business History......Page 1028 Notable American Companies and Corporations......Page 1056 Federal Cabinet-Level Departments......Page 1081 Other Federal Agencies......Page 1083 Federal Laws......Page 1088 Notable Court Decisions......Page 1101 Time Line of Notable Events......Page 1111 Indexes......Page 1150 Animal Husbandry and Fishing......Page 1152 Corporations......Page 1153 Events and Eras......Page 1154 Foreign Trade......Page 1155 High-tech Industries......Page 1156 Manufacturing Industries......Page 1157 Nineteenth Century......Page 1158 Service Industries......Page 1159 Transportation and Travel......Page 1160 Personages Index......Page 1161 Subject Index......Page 1165 AAA -- A&P -- Accounting industry -- Advertising industry -- Advice books -- Affirmative Action programs -- AFL-CIO -- Agency for International Development, U.S. -- Agribusiness -- Agriculture -- Agriculture, U.S. Department of -- Air traffic controllers’ strike -- Air transportation industry -- Aircraft industry / Airships -- Alaska gold rush -- Alaska pipeline -- Alaska purchase -- Alcoholic beverage industry -- American Automobile Association -- American Bimetallic League national convention -- American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations -- American Revolution -- American society of composers, authors & publishers -- American Stock Exchange -- AMEX -- Amtrak -- Amway Company -- Annapolis convention -- Anthracite coal strike -- Antique & art markets -- Antitrust legislation -- Apple -- Arab oil embargo of 1973 -- Arms industry -- Army corps of engineers, U.S. -- Articles of confederation -- ASCAP -- Asian financial crisis of 1997 -- Asian trade with the U.S. -- Astor, John Jacob -- Automation in factories -- Automotive industry -- Bank failures -- Bank of the United States, First -- Bank of the United States, Second -- Banking -- Banking law, Supreme Court & -- Bankruptcy law -- Barron's -- Baseball strike of 1972 -- Beef industry -- Bell, Alexander Graham -- Bell Labs -- Black Friday -- Black Hills gold rush -- Black Monday -- Bloomberg's Business News Services -- Bond industry -- Book publishing -- Boston Tea Party -- Boycotts, consumer -- Bracero program -- Bretton Woods agreement -- Bridges -- Broadcasting industry -- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Buffett, Warren -- Bush tax cuts of 2001 -- Business crimes -- Business cycles -- Business schools -- Cable News Network -- California gold rush -- Canadian trade with the U.S. -- Canals -- Carnegie, Andrew -- Carver, George Washington -- Catalog shopping -- Cereal crops -- Chavez, Cesar -- Chemical industries -- Child labor -- Child product safety laws -- Chinese trade with the U.S. -- Christmas marketing -- Chrysler bailout of 1979 -- CIO -- Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Civil rights movement -- Civil War, U.S. -- Clay's American system -- Clayton Antitrust Act -- CNBC -- CNN -- Coal industry -- Coal strike of 1902 -- Coca Cola Company -- Coin's Financial School -- Colonial economic systems -- Colorado River water -- Commerce, Supreme Court and -- Commerce U.S. Department of -- Commodity markets -- Computer industry -- Confederate currency -- Confederation, Articles of -- Congress, U.S. -- Congress of Industrial Organizations -- Constitution, U.S. -- Construction industry -- Contract law -- Contract law, Supreme Court and -- "Coolie" labor -- Copyright law -- Cotton gin -- Cotton industry -- Counterfeiting -- Coxey's army -- Crash of 1929 -- Credit-card buying -- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal -- Credit unions -- "Cross of gold" speech -- Cumberland Road -- Currency -- Cycles -- Dairy industry -- Dams & aqueducts -- Daylight Saving Time -- DC-3 airliner -- DDT banning -- Debs, Eugene Victor -- Deming, W. Edwards -- Depression of 1784 -- Depression of 1807-1809 -- Deregulation of financial institutions -- Derivatives & hedge funds industry -- DHS -- Digital recording technology -- Diners Club -- Disney, Walt -- Disneyland -- Dot.com bubble -- Drive-through businesses -- Drug trafficking -- Dust Bowl -- eBay -- Economist -- Edison, Thomas A. -- Education -- Education department, U.S. -- EEOC -- Electrical power industry -- Electronics industry -- E-mail -- Embargo acts -- Energy U.S. Department of -- Energy crisis of 1979 -- Enron bankruptcy -- Environmental movement -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Erie Canal -- European Recovery program -- European trade with the U.S. -- Exploration -- Export Import Bank of the United States -- Factories -- Farm Credit Administration -- Farm labor -- Farm protests -- Farm subsidy programs -- Farming -- Fast-food restaurants -- FCA -- Federal Communications Commission -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Federal Reserve System -- Federal Trade Commission -- FedEx -- FEMA -- Fiber optic industry -- Film industry -- Films with business themes -- Financial crisis of 2008 -- Fishing industry -- Food and Drug Administration -- Food for Peace -- Food processing industry -- Food stamp plan -- Forbes -- Ford, Henry -- Ford Model T -- Ford Motor Company -- Forestry industry -- Fort Knox -- Fortune -- 401K retirement plants -- Franchising -- Franklin, Benjamin -- French & Indian War -- FTC -- Fuller Brush Company -- Funeral industry -- Fur trapping & trading -- Gadsden Purchase -- Gambling industry -- Garner, John Nance -- Garvey, Marcus -- "Gas wars" -- Gates, Bill -- GATT -- Genentech -- General Agreement on Tariffs And Trade -- General Electric -- General Motors -- Genetic engineering -- Getty, Jean Paul -- G.I. 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