Manufacturing

A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

David O. Whitten, Bessie E. Whitten, David O. Whitten, Bessie E. Whitten

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 1990
• Print ISBN:
  9780313251986
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780313368196
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Overall, this first volume in the series should render business research in manufacturing a good deal easier by bringing together insightful industry histories and detailed critical bibliographies. This series has much to recommend it. Future volumes will be eagerly awaited. Reference Books Bulletin

This historical and bibliographical reference work is the first volume of Greenwood Press's Handbook of American Business History, a series intended to supplement current bibliographic materials pertaining to business history. Devoted to manufacturing, this work uses the Enterprise Standard Industrial Classification (ESIC) to divide the subject into distinct segments, from which contributors have developed histories and bibliographies of the different types of manufacturing. Though authors were given sets of guidelines to follow, they were also allowed the flexibility to work in a format that best suited the material.

Each contribution in this volume contains three important elements: a concise history of the manufacturing sector, a bibliographic essay, and a bibliography. Some contributions appear in three distinct parts, while others are combined into one or two segments; all build on currently available material for students and scholars doing research on business and industry. The contributors, who include business, economic, and social historians, as well as engineers and lawyers, have covered such topics as bakery products, industrial chemicals and synthetics, engines and turbines, and household appliances. Also included are an introductory essay that covers general works and a comprehensive index. This book should be a useful tool for courses in business and industry, and a valuable resource for college, university, and public libraries.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• I. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, ESIC 20.0
• II. TOBACCO, ESIC 21.0
• III. TEXTILES, ESIC 23.0
• IV. LUMBER, ESIC 24.0
• V. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS, ESIC 28.0
• VI. PETROLEUM, ESIC 29.0
• VII. LEATHER, ESIC 31.0
• VIII. FURNACES, ESIC 33.1
• IX. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, ESIC 35.0
• X. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ESIC 36.0
• XI. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, ESIC 37.0
• XII. INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, ESIC 38.0
• XIII. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TOYS, AND SPORTING GOODS, ESIC 39.0
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors