Envy of the World: an Illustrated History of the Us Economy and Big Business |
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| Author:
| Botti, Timothy J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-39561-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Algora Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $51.60 |
Book Description:
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Like it or not, the United States owes its cornucopia of material blessings to Big Business and to the ambition, effort, and self-interest of entrepreneurs who founded and grew private enterprise companies. Envy is a massive yet quick-paced compendium illustrating the rise and development of the American economy over four centuries and how the individual and collective actions of Americans, native born and foreign, came to create the $11.7 trillion economy of today. 600 pages loaded...
More DescriptionLike it or not, the United States owes its cornucopia of material blessings to Big Business and to the ambition, effort, and self-interest of entrepreneurs who founded and grew private enterprise companies. Envy is a massive yet quick-paced compendium illustrating the rise and development of the American economy over four centuries and how the individual and collective actions of Americans, native born and foreign, came to create the $11.7 trillion economy of today. 600 pages loaded with illustrations, graphs, industry genealogies, and maps."