The American Businessman at the Turn of the Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9627288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marian V Sears (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 382-443 |
| Publication date | 1956-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3111715 |
| OpenAlex | W2313236060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The attitudes and preoccupations of businessmen at any given time are deemed important by historians both as clues to and reasons for business action. The year 1900 is a promising one in which to probe those attitudes and preoccupations because at that time a great many important characteristics of the business community were undergoing rapid change. Examination of business literature of the day suggests that the businessman of 1900 was preoccupied with the merger movement and with labor agitation, with shifting distribution patterns, and with trade association activity. His concern with financial techniques and public relations was intense, if erratic, and he was preoccupied with problems of administrative structure. He was, in short, concerned with those developments commonly emphasized by historians, but with so much more besides as to suggest several new research avenues. Surprising results emerge when business attitudes and preoccupations of 1900 are compared with those of 1956
Action (physics · Distribution (mathematics · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · American History and Culture · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1963 - 1971 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |