Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893

Joshua D. (Columbia University, New York) Wolff

Cambridge University Press, 2015

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This work chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from the early years of telecommunications to its apogee as the first corporation to monopolize an industry on a national scale. The battles over Western Union's monopoly illuminate the fierce tensions over the rising power of corporations after the Civil War and the reshaping of the American political economy.

ISBN-13
9781107480902
ISBN-10
1107480906
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Publication date
2015-01-01
Pages
318
Dimensions
230x152x19
Weight
490