Socializing capital : the rise of the large industrial corporation in America / William G. Roy.
Socializing capital : the rise of the large industrial corporation in America / William G. Roy.
Socializing capital : the rise of the large industrial corporation in America / William G. Roy.
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Princeton, N. J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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N338.6440973/4
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English
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xv,338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A Quantitative Test of Efficiency Theory -- Ch. 3. The Corporation as Public and Private Enterprise -- Ch. 4. Railroads: The Corporation's Institutional Wellspring -- Ch. 5. Auxiliary Institutions: The Stock Market, Investment Banking, and Brokers -- Ch. 6. Statutory Co...
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Princeton, N. J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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England
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c1997.
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The author shows how the corporation started as a quasi-public device used by governments to create and administer public services like turnpikes and canals and then how it germinated within a system of stock markets, brokerage houses, and investment banks into a mechanism for the organization of railroads. Finally, and most particularly, he analyz...
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Socializing capital : the rise of the large industrial corporation in America / William G. Roy.
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Bibliography: p[301]-317. - Includes index.
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c1997.
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N338.6440973/4
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0691043531 (acid-free paper)
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9780691043531 (acid-free paper)
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338.6440973
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