Regulating Big Business: Antitrust in Great Britain and America, 1880-1990

by Tony Freyer and Tony A. Freyer

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century a new form of capitalism emerged in Great Britain and the United States. Before the revolutions in communication and transportation, the owners of firms managed the processes of production, distribution, transportation and communication personally. By the end of the century, however, technological innovation and mass markets fostered the development of large-scale corporate structures, leading to a separation between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521059747
• ISBN13: 9780521059749
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"