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The visible hand: the managerial revolution in American business
Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007.
Year: 1977.
Publisher:  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 
© Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
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Frontmatter
Introduction: The Visible Hand
Part I The Traditional Processes of Production and Distribution
Chapter 1 The Traditional Enterprise in Commerce
Chapter 2 The Traditional Enterprise in Production
Part II The Revolution in Transportation and Communication
Chapter 3 The Railroads: The First Modern Business Enterprises, 1850's-1860's
Chapter 4 Railroad Cooperation and Competition, 1870s-1880s
Chapter 5 System Building, 1880s-1900s
Chapter 6 Completing the Infrastructure
Part III The Revolution in Distribution and Production
Chapter 7 Mass Distribution
Chapter 8 Mass Production
Part IV The Integration of Mass Production with Mass Distribution
Chapter 9 The Coming of the Modern Industrial Corporation
Chapter 10 Integration by Way of Merger
Chapter 11 Integration Completed
Part V The Management and Growth of Modern Industrial Empire
Chapter 12 Middle Management
Chapter 13 Top Management: Function and Structure
Chapter 14 The Maturing of Modern Business Enterprise
Conclusion: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
Appendixes
Notes
Index
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Title: The visible hand : the managerial revolution in American business Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Author: Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007
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Source Version: The visible hand : the managerial revolution in American business Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. 
Chandler, Alfred D. (Alfred Dupont), 1918-2007
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00628
Subject Headings: • Business enterprises -- United States -- Management -- History
• Industrial organization -- United States -- History
• Industries -- United States
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