(Hardback)

The second volume in the Handbook of American Business History series, this book offers concise histories of extractive, manufacturing, and service industries as well as extensive bibliographic essays pointing to the leading sources on each industry and bibliographic checklists.

(Hardback)

Provides a consolidated history of U.S. business and a guide to information sources, indicating what is useful and what is not.

(Hardback)

Overall, this first volume in the series should render business research in manufacturing a good deal easier by bringing together insightful industry histories and detailed critical bibliographies.