American Business History

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Walter A. Friedman
    • Narrated by: Steve Menasche
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-2020
    • Language: English
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    • This volume explores the variety of business enterprise in the United States and analyzes its presence in the country's economy, its evolution over time, and its meaning in society....

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    • A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership
    • By: Jim McLamore
    • Narrated by: BJ Harrison
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King....

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    • Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
    • By: Casey Michel
    • Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 23-11-2021
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, American Kleptocracy offers the first explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known....

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    • Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
    • By: Michael D'Antonio
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 17-01-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a largely uneducated businessman whose idealistic sense of purpose created an immense financial empire, a town, and a legacy that lasts to this day....

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    • An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 30-12-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty....

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    • Abraham Lincoln's Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues
    • By: Donald T. Phillips
    • Narrated by: Donald T. Phillips
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-2017
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The author of the classic best seller Lincoln on Leadership answers the question: How would President Lincoln handle the pressing crises of our modern world? Find out....

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    • The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
    • By: T.J. Stiles
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 21-04-2009
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon....

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    • Learning to Lead
    • By: Jim Mattis, Bing West
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-09-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
    • Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East....

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    • ExxonMobil and American Power
    • By: Steve Coll
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power....

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    • The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    • By: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
    • Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 19-09-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune....

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    • How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
    • By: John Eisenberg
    • Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
    • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America....

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    • Railroads, Steel & Big Business | US Industrial Revolution | 6th Grade History | Children's American History
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Carmyn Block
    • Series: Children's American History
    • Length: 14 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-2022
    • Language: English
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    • The period of the Industrial Revolution was marked with railroads, steel, and big businesses. There were factories and machines working to build a more concrete nation. But the Industrial Revolution also led to outbreaks of violence between owners and workers in factories....

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    • The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
    • By: Rana Foroohar
    • Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 17-05-2016
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Through colorful stories of both “Takers”, those stifling job creation while lining their own pockets, and “Makers”, businesses serving the real economy, Foroohar shows how we can reverse these trends for a better path forward....

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    • The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
    • By: Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.
    • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-2013
    • Language: English
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    • When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupied for nearly 60 years, he stumbled through a surprising portal into American history....

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    • How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
    • By: Charles R. Morris
    • Narrated by: William Hughes
    • Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 16-12-2014
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • The Tycoons tells the incredible story of how four determined men wrenched the economy into the modern age, inventing a nation of full economic participation....

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    • An American History from Barnum to Madoff
    • By: Edward J. Balleisen
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-2017
    • Language: English
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    • The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....

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    • How Guaranteed Employment Drives Lincoln Electric and How It Can Help American Business
    • By: Frank Koller
    • Narrated by: Richard Davidson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 22-02-2010
    • Language: English
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    • While factories across the Midwest shutter their doors, Cleveland-based manufacturer Lincoln Electric has thrived for more than a century....

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