The Age Of Big Business

“The Age Of Big Business” is a study of the rise of large corporations in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author Burton J. Hendrick argues that the rise of big business was a natural and inevitable development, driven by the forces of technology, economics, and competition. He profiles several of the leading industrialists of the era, including John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

• The book was published in 1919 and is a study of the rise of big business in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Hendrick argues that the rise of big business was a natural and inevitable development, driven by the forces of technology, economics, and competition.
• He profiles several of the leading industrialists of the era, including John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
• Hendrick also discusses the impact of big business on American society, both positive and negative.
• He argues that big business has made the United States more productive and efficient, but that it has also led to increased inequality and concentration of power.