A history of American business / C. Joseph Pusateri.

The entrepreneur
The stages of American capitalism
Old world origins
New world beginnings
Business in a Revolutionary era
The twilight of the all-purpose merchant
Innovations in transportation and distribution
The Industrial revolution in America
Railroads and the challenge of big business
Industrialization: expansion and extension
Reacting to Industrialism
The maturing of American enterprise
Three-quarters of a century and beyond.