The essential Alfred Chandler : essays toward a historical theory of big business /

This collection, put together by one Pulitzer prize-winning historian to honor another, is a fitting monument to the world's leading authority in business history. Over nearly four decades, Chandler has built an understanding, first in US history and later on an international scale, of the evolution of the business firm. His scholarship, by clarifying institutional patterns, has influenced the theory of business administration and has profoundly enlarged our comprehension of modern times. With about one-third of Chandler's essays collected in this volume, some of them not readily available even in large libraries but each worth reading in its own right, the reader can follow the intellectual odyssey of a seminal thinker. This volume should attract a wide audience, from general readers interested in business to specialized scholars in history and administrative science. -K. A. Kerr, The Ohio State University

This collection of 19 scholarly essaysfirst published in books and journals between 1950 and 1988demonstrates the scope and development of research into the rise of large corporations conducted by renowned business historian Chandler. Both he and McCraw, the editor of this volume and his Harvard colleague, are Pulitzer Prize winners. This handsome work includes an introduction featuring a biography and photographs of Chandler, a comprehensive list of his writings, excellent notes preceding each essay, and numerous footnotes. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.Leonard Grundt, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.