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Kleiner, Diana Jean. "The Invisible Managers: Corporate Expansion and American Culture, 1870-1940," American Civilization Program, University of Texas at Austin, December 1992. Advisor: Timothy Ruefli/Robert Adzug (4, 2, 8)
The generation of early managers who succeeded American business founders between 1870 and 1940 was largely responsible for transforming old-fashioned enterprise into major corporations. Reversing Chandler’s claim that management’s “visible hand” replaced the invisible workings of the marketplace, this interdisciplinary study analyzes public and corporate records to argue that managerial system building was essentially an invisible process. Case studies of the American Brass Company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and Phillips Petroleum illustrate business’ impact in a wider context in the tradition of Louis Galambos, Thomas Cochran, Morrell Heald, and Alan Trachtenberg, who first directed attention to the social and cultural meanings of business history.
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