The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Chandler Jr., Alfred

ISBN 10: 0674940512 / ISBN 13: 9780674940512

Published by Harvard University Press, 1977

Signed First Edition, First Printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning history of the development of modern management practices in large scale business in the later 19th century and early 20th century. Signed by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. on the title page. Cloth, 608 pages. The book has light smudges on the top page edge and impression from a previous paper clip at the top of the title page and front endpaper. The dust jacket has the top corner clipped from the front flap and a crease on the bottom corner of the flap. The jacket also has a bit of edge wear. Seller Inventory # 015755

Synopsis:

The role of large-scale business enterprise--big business and its managers--during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s is delineated in this pathmarking book. Alfred Chandler, Jr., the distinguished business historian, sets forth the reasons for the dominance of big business in American transportation, communications, and the central sectors of production and distribution.

The managerial revolution, presented here with force and conviction, is the story of how the visible hand of management replaced what Adam Smith called the invisible hand of market forces. Chandler shows that the fundamental shift toward managers running large enterprises exerted a far greater influence in determining size and concentration in American industry than other factors so often cited as critical: the quality of entrepreneurship, the availability of capital, or public policy.

About the Author: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., is Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution ...
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 1977
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition