industries

Presents volume two of a four-volume set that traces the development of American industrialization, and profiles twenty-six major figures associated with the Industrial Age including Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Jane Addams, John D. Rockefeller, Booker T. Washington, labor advocates Eugene Debs and A. Philip Randolph, and many more.

Presents the stories of some of the industries that sparked the Industrial Revolution in America, including iron and steel, railroads, and steam shipping, and discusses how the emerging technologies affected U.S. society, and the country's standing in the global community.

Surveys the ways in which electronic technology including laptop and portable "powerbook" computers, supercomputers, modems, and videophones have altered work and production.

Presents a historical overview of the development of American industry from post-Civil War to the twentieth century.

Reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what societies make and buy, and how that knowledge can drive the changes necessary to save the planet.

Contains nearly four hundred entries that examine key concepts important to the history of American business, as well as biographies of notable inventors, entrepreneurs, and industrial and business leaders; arranged alphabetically within five time periods ranging from 1607 through the twentieth century.