Dobson, John M

Examines the three major internal driving forces or themes that characterized the rise of the United States to international prominence from 1880 to 1914, discussing economic expansion, political aggrandizement, and moral assertiveness.

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.