Over the last 15 years, business history has exploded as a discipline, while much business history also was made during the boom economy of the 1990s. As a result, the need for a business history encyclopedia has become more important as a means of chronicling these events and showing their antecedents, stretching back to American independence. | o FACTS ON FILE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTORY VOLUME I CHARLES R. GEISST ENCyCLQPEDIA OF AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTQRy Volume I CHARLES R. GEISST EfFactsOnFile An imprint of Infobase Publishing Encyclopedia of American Business History Copyright 2006 by Charles R. Geisst All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage or retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact Facts On File Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Geisst Charles R. Encyclopedia of American business history Charles R. Geisst. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8160-4350-7 hardcover alk. paper 1. United States Commerce History Encyclopedias. 2. Business enterprises United States History Encyclopedias. 3. Indus-tries United States History Encyclopedias. I. Title. 2005 03 dc22 2005003309 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses associations institutions or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at 212 967-8800 or 800 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http Text design by Cathy Rincon Cover design by Cathy Rincon Illustrations by Sholto Ainslie Printed in the United States of America VB Hermitage 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free .
