Encyclopedia of american business history part 18 pptx

... 1st, 188 7. Source: Report of the Sixth Annual Session of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada. Official Archives of the American Federation of Labor ... Papers of Alexander Hamilton. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961-87. 3. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, 188 6 Charter of organization for the...

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... the Embargo Act of 180 7 brought all American trade to a virtual standstill and eliminated the business of marine insurance companies during most of 180 8. With the restoration of peace in 181 5, marine ... specialized in one line of insurance, in 186 5 New York specifically banned the provision of more than one line by the same company. After the Chicago fire of 187 1...

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... var- ious stages and levels of organization. The success of larger business enterprises managed by professionally trained managers became the cornerstone of American business in the 20th century. ... yielded control of their compa- nies to professionals. The term helps distinguish the early period of American business, leading to the Civil War, with the period that followed...

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... administration, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Minor- ity Business Enterprise, and the Office of Eco- nomic Opportunity. The NNBL was unable to hold its centennial anniversary at the turn of the 21st ... Columnists pioneered interpretive Pressroom of the New York Times, 1942 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

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... . This history of the wage-workers of all countries is but the history of constant struggle and misery engendered by ignorance and dis- union; whereas the history of the non-producers of all ... because of their far-reaching effects on American business and history. While finance and manufacturing remain the two oldest fields in business history, recent developments...

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... A History of the Bank of New York 1784 188 4. New York: Bank of New York, 188 4. Nevins, Allan, ed. History of the Bank of New York & T rust Co. New York: privately published, 1934. Bank of ... Rowland. Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America, 189 1–1955. New York: Harper & Bros., 1954. Johnston, Moira. Roller Coaster: The Bank of America and the Fu...

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... occurred in 183 7, 185 7, 186 9, 187 3, and 189 3, as well as in 1907. When the market fell in October 1929, the term crash became widely used. In all of the panics prior to 1929, dozens of banks were ... more industrialized. In 188 3, 90 percent of the coffee business was in green coffee sales and only 10 percent was for roasters. By 1913, the numbers were the reverse: 95 perce...

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... Fr edriksen Deere, John (180 4 188 6) inventor and busi- nessman Born in Vermont in 180 4, Deere’s father was British, and his mother was the daughter of a British army officer who served during the American Revolution. ... joined in a partner- ship with Morgan in 187 1 at the suggestion of Junius S. Morgan, and Drexel Morgan & Co. opened for business and became the American a...

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... exports of Ameri- can sellers. The combination of the two, along with other forms of credits and guarantees, is part of American trade policy and can signifi- cantly affect the balance of payments. The ... and the Paradox of Progress, 181 7 186 2. New York: Hill & W ang, 1996. Erie Railroad Company In 185 1, the first unit of the later Erie Railway System opened under...

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... the formation of the People’s Party. This partisan organization, aimed to free farmers from the oppression of middlemen, first ran a candidate for the presidency in 189 2. In the election of 189 6, however, ... landscape of Chicago by subsidizing several of its most famous landmarks. These included the University of Chicago, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Field Museum of...

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