The Age of Big BusinessFront matterReading editionChapter navigation9 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · INDUSTRIAL AMERICA AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WARChapter II · THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN TRUSTChapter III · THE EPIC OF STEELChapter IV · THE TELEPHONE: "AMERICA'S MOST POETICAL ACHIEVEMENT"Chapter V · THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIESChapter VI · MAKING THE WORLD'S AGRICULTURAL MACHINERYChapter VII · THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE AUTOMOBILEBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · INDUSTRIAL AMERICA AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WARAll chapters and sections (9)Opening pagesFront matterChapters1234567Other sectionsBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTENew Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1919CHAPTER I. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR →