The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

The role of large-scale business enterprise-big business and its managers-during the formative years of modern capitalism (1850s-1920s) is delineated in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and central sectors of production and distribution.

• | By (Author): Alfred D. Chandler
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 1993
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 624 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0674940520
• | ISBN-13: 9780674940529