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Author Perrow, Charles.

Title Organizing America : wealth, power, and the origins of corporate capitalism / Charles Perrow.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  302.35 P461O    Check Shelf
Description vii, 259 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-249) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Preparing the ground -- 3. Toward hierarchy: the mills of Manayunk -- 4. Toward hierarchy and networks -- 5. Railroads, the second big business -- 6. The organizational imprinting -- 7. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Alternative theories where organizations are the dependent variable.
Subject Organizational behavior -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Big business -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 069108954X alkaline paper
9780691089546 alkaline paper
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