Capitalizing on Change: A Social History of American Business

by Stanley Buder

Book Overview

Americans love "this year's model," relying on the "new" to be always "improved." Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to American business, where innovation and change stoke the engines of economic energy. To really understand the history of business in America, he argues, we must understand the intertwining dynamics of social and business values.

In a history spanning over three hundred years, Buder examines the enveloping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807832316
• ISBN13: 9780807832318
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 541 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"