American Business History

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • Written by: Walter A. Friedman
    • Narrated by: Steve Menasche
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 2020-11-10
    • Language: English
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    • This volume explores the variety of business enterprise in the United States and analyzes its presence in the country's economy, its evolution over time, and its meaning in society....

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    • An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
    • Written by: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 2012-12-30
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty....

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    • The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business
    • Written by: Duff McDonald
    • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
    • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2013-09-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • A behind-the-scenes, revelatory history of McKinsey & Company, America's most influential and controversial business consulting firm, told by a leading financial journalist....

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    • Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
    • Written by: Michael D'Antonio
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 2019-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a largely uneducated businessman whose idealistic sense of purpose created an immense financial empire, a town, and a legacy that lasts to this day....

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    • A Whopper of a Story on Life and Leadership
    • Written by: Jim McLamore
    • Narrated by: BJ Harrison
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2020-04-14
    • Language: English
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    • A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King....

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    • The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    • Written by: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
    • Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune....

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    • The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
    • Written by: Shane White
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2015-10-27
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time....

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    • The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
    • Written by: Bethany McLean
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 22 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2010-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • The definitive volume on Enron's amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an award-winning team of Fortune investigative reporters....

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    • How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II
    • Written by: Arthur Herman
    • Narrated by: John McDonough
    • Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 2012-08-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman pens this fascinating look at how two businessmen turned the U.S. into a military powerhouse during World War II....

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    • An American History from Barnum to Madoff
    • Written by: Edward J. Balleisen
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 2017-02-01
    • Language: English
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    • The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers....

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    • Learning to Lead
    • Written by: Jim Mattis, Bing West
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 2019-09-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East....

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    • The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
    • Written by: Ethan Mordden
    • Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 2018-08-28
    • Language: English
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    • As author Ethan Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts, we learn how the American theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of American society....

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    • The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution
    • Written by: Tom Acitelli, Tony Magee - foreword
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 2019-07-02
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the underdog story of how America came to dominate beer stylistically in the second edition of Tom Acitelli's The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution, the most comprehensive history yet of American craft beer....

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    • Written by: John Lewis Gaddis
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2018-04-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades....

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    • The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
    • Written by: T.J. Stiles
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 2009-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon....

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    • The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
    • Written by: Howard Markel
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 2018-08-08
    • Language: English
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    • Howard Markel tells the sweeping saga of two extraordinary men, whose lifelong competition and enmity toward one another changed America's notion of health and wellness from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries, and who helped change the course of American medicine, nutrition, wellness, and diet....

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    • The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
    • Written by: Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.
    • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 2013-09-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupied for nearly 60 years, he stumbled through a surprising portal into American history....

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    • How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
    • Written by: John Eisenberg
    • Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
    • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2018-10-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America....

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