
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN-13
- 9780674940529
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topics
- Managerial capitalismCorporate historyIndustrialization
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1978)
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(1978)
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