History of American Enterprise

Business & Money

Dobson, John M.

Industries

Pearson College Div

Reticent Expansionism: The Foreign Policy of William McKinley

History

Americas

Duquesne Univ Pr

This encyclopedia offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.
 • Five chronologically arranged sections, each with an introduction that describes key events and relationships
• Over 200 chronological and alphabetic listings of major concepts and events in the history of American foreign relations as well as brief biographical entries on individuals who made major diplomatic contributions
• Excerpts from a number of key foreign policy documents, statements, and treaties that relate to the subject and individual entries
• Maps Illustrating the results of various treaties and international agreements as well as photographs and illustrations of key individuals and events
• Bibliographic listings of print and online resources for each entry, enabling readers to explore topics further
• A comprehensive index plus alphebetical and subject area listings of entries in each section

Belligerents, Brinkmanship, and the Big Stick: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Diplomatic Concepts

ABC-CLIO

An intriguing collection of insider information on little known aspects of commonly used business techniques, instruments, policies, and personalities that influenced the rise of the world's most successful business system.
Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bust: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Business Concepts translates the language of business in an engaging, compelling way. From mercantilism to microchips, indentured servants to venture capitalists, William Penn to Bill Gates, this one-of-a-kind lexicon provides general readers with an accessible introduction to the vernacular of the American business community, while providing business professionals with a handy resource for quick authoritative answers.
Divided into five chronological sections, Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bust ranges from colonial times to the present, charting the dramatic history of business innovations and institutions in the United States. It contains over 200 topical entries that define business-related terms and explain their relevance to American business and economic history. In addition, each section provides information about the people behind the signature developments in American business (innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs, namesakes of familiar companies, key political figures).
 • Over 350 entries on the techniques, instruments, policies, and personalities that influenced the rise of the world's most successful business system
• Each section begins with a historical review of the terms it contains, providing context for the major events and innovations that are covered
• Over 150 biographical entries highlighting the contributions of individual Americans who influenced business developments
• Bibliographic references at the end of each entry

Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bust: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Business Concepts

Biographies & Memoirs

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