The Rise of Big Business, 1860-1910

Foreword v Preface to the Third Edition IX CHAPTER ONE: What is Big Business? 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Appearance and Spread of Big Business 31 The Advent of Industrialization 31 Pioneers in Big Business: The Railroads 34 Preconditions for Big Business 43 Vertical Growth 48 Horizontal Growth 61 The Great Merger Wave 79 CHAPTER THREE: Corporate Triumph: "Capitalistic, Centralizing, and Mechanical" 93 Bibliographical Essay 129 Index 149 Photographs follow page 92