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Overall, this first volume in the series should render business research in manufacturing a good deal easier by bringing together insightful industry histories and detailed critical bibliographies. This series has much to recommend it. Future volumes will be eagerly awaited.
Reference Books BulletinThis historical and bibliographical reference work is the first volume of Greenwood Press's
Handbook of American Business History, a series intended to supplement current bibliographic materials pertaining to business history. Devoted to manufacturing, this work uses the Enterprise Standard Industrial Classification (ESIC) to divide the subject into distinct segments, from which contributors have developed histories and bibliographies of the different types of manufacturing. Though authors were given sets of guidelines to follow, they were also allowed the flexibility to work in a format that best suited the material.
Each contribution in this volume contains three important elements: a concise history of the manufacturing sector, a bibliographic essay, and a bibliography. Some contributions appear in three distinct parts, while others are combined into one or two segments; all build on currently available material for students and scholars doing research on business and industry. The contributors, who include business, economic, and social historians, as well as engineers and lawyers, have covered such topics as bakery products, industrial chemicals and synthetics, engines and turbines, and household appliances. Also included are an introductory essay that covers general works and a comprehensive index. This book should be a useful tool for courses in business and industry, and a valuable resource for college, university, and public libraries.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction, by Mira Wilkins
Food and Kindred ProductsMeat and Meat Products, by Robert M. Aduddell and Louis P. Cain
Bakery Products, by Donald R. Stabile
Distilled Spirits, by K. Austin Kerr
TobaccoTobacco Manufacturing, by Carol J. Miller
TextilesApparel and Other Textile Products, by Jack Blicksilver
LumberLumber and Wood Products, by Michael V. Namorato
Chemicals and DrugsIndustrial Chemicals and Synthetics, by Amy L. Walton
Drugs, by Marvin N. Fischbaum
Agricultural Chemicals, by David M. Wishart
PetroleumPetroleum, by K.V. Nagarajan
LeatherLeather and Leather Products, by James L. Wiles
FurnacesBlast Furnaces and Steel Mills, by Spiro G. Patton
Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer EquipmentFarm and Garden Machinery, by Robert Charles Graham
Electronic Computing Equipment, by Emil E. Friberg, Jr.
Electrical EquipmentHousehold Appliances, by Susan B. Carter
Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment, by William J. Hausman
Radio, TV, and Communication Equipment, by Robert M. Aduddell and Louis P. Cain
Transportation EquipmentMotor Vehicles and Equipment, by Robert M. Aduddell and Louis P. Cain
Ship and Boat Building and Repairing, by Timothy E. Sullivan
Instruments and Related ProductsScientific and Measuring Instruments, by Thomas A. McGahagan
Photographic Equipment and Supplies, by Lutz Alt
Musical Instruments, Toys, and Sporting GoodsMusical Instruments, by Robert M. Aduddell and Louis P. Cain
Toys and Sporting Goods, by John S. Bowdidge
Index
About the author
DAVID O. WHITTEN is Professor of Economics at Auburn University and Editor of the Wall Street Review. He is the author of
Andrew Durnford: A Black Sugar Planter in Antebellum Louisiana (1981) and
The Emergence of Giant Enterprise, 1860-1914: American Commercial Enterprise and Extractive Industries (Greenwood Press, 1983).
BESSIE E. WHITTEN is the Supervisor of the Manuscript Preparation Division of the College of Business at Auburn University. She has served as copy editor for the
University of Florida Law Review and the
Journal of Management. She is also the Assistant Editor of the
Wall Street Review.
