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Economic and Business History

General History

Holds histories of economic growth, trade, commodities, industrialisation, corporations and the tycoons who built them.

112 books on Economic and Business History, 18 of them tier 1, recommended by 26 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick Collison.

112 books · 32 experts

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  1. The History of the Standard Oil CompanyIda M. Tarbell, 1904
  2. Strategy and StructureAlfred D. Chandler Jr., 1962
  3. The Visible HandAlfred D. Chandler Jr., 1977
  4. Prophets of RegulationThomas K. McCraw, 1984
  5. The ReckoningDavid Halberstam, 1986

The best books on Economic and Business History 112

The History of the Standard Oil CompanyThe History of the Standard Oil Company
T1 The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida M. Tarbell · 1904
The muckraking investigation that helped force the 1911 breakup.
Open Library
Strategy and StructureStrategy and Structure
T1 Strategy and Structure
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1962
Sears is one of Chandler's four case studies in the multidivisional firm.
Open Library
The Visible HandThe Visible Hand
T1 The Visible Hand
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1977
Pulitzer-winning account of why firms integrated and managers replaced markets.
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
Prophets of RegulationProphets of Regulation
T1 Prophets of Regulation
Thomas K. McCraw · 1984
Pulitzer history of the people who built American utility regulation.
Open Library
The ReckoningThe Reckoning
T1 The Reckoning
David Halberstam · 1986
Ford against Nissan; the canonical account of postwar Detroit's decline.
Open Library
Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of ManagemRelevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
T1 Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
H. Thomas Johnson, Robert S. Kaplan · 1987
The book that started the field's self-criticism.
Open Library
Scale and ScopeScale and Scope
T1 Scale and Scope
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1990
Comparative history of managerial capitalism in three countries.
Open Library
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, anThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
T1 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin · 1991
The standard history of the oil industry Exxon inherited and led.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiPatrick O'ShaughnessyBill GatesEmmett ShearThe Barefoot Investor
Ashes to AshesAshes to Ashes
T1 Ashes to Ashes
Richard Kluger · 1996
Pulitzer-winning history of the cigarette war; R.J. Reynolds is a principal actor.
Open Library
The Wealth and Poverty of NationsThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations
T1 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
David S. Landes · 1998
Why some economies grew rich; culture and institutions across five centuries
Open Library
“In Li Lu's capitalism/economics section on why some nations prosper.”Li Lu
Recommended byCharlie MungerMohnish PabraiJamie DimonLi Lu
IBM and the HolocaustIBM and the Holocaust
T1 IBM and the Holocaust
Edwin Black · 2001
IBM's punch-card business in Nazi Germany; contested but landmark.
Open Library
The BoxThe Box
T1 The Box
Marc Levinson · 2006
How the container turned ships into standardised, financeable assets.
Open Library
Recommended byBill GatesMohnish PabraiPaul GrahamTobi Lütke
FordlandiaFordlandia
T1 Fordlandia
Greg Grandin · 2009
The Amazon rubber town; Ford's ideology tested to destruction abroad.
Open Library
RailroadedRailroaded
T1 Railroaded
Richard White · 2011
The transcontinentals as financially unsound political creations.
Open Library
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of AmeMade in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
T1 Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
Vaclav Smil · 2013
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Attention MerchantsThe Attention Merchants
T1 The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu · 2016
Two centuries of harvesting and reselling human attention.
Open Library
The Rise and Fall of American GrowthThe Rise and Fall of American Growth
T1 The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert J. Gordon · 2016
The productivity case for why the post-1970 US grows slower than the myth.
Open Library
“This is a heavyweight (literally) masterpiece... It's a data-rich textbook as well as a phenomenal read.”Christopher Bloomstran
Recommended byBill GatesChristopher BloomstranPatrick CollisonSatya Nadella
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the SaEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
T1 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe · 2021
The definitive account of the family, the company and the marketing.
Open Library
The Robber BaronsThe Robber Barons
T2 The Robber Barons
Matthew Josephson · 1934
The framing of Rockefeller's generation that shaped US policy.
Open Library
Recommended byLarry Ellison
Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
T2 Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
Robert Hessen · 1975
The operator Carnegie promoted; the best view of how the mills ran.
Open Library
The Seven SistersThe Seven Sisters
T2 The Seven Sisters
Anthony Sampson · 1975
The classic account of the oil majors' cartel before OPEC broke it.
Open Library
The Creation of Wealth: The Tatas from the 1The Creation of Wealth: The Tatas from the 19th to the 21st Century
T2 The Creation of Wealth: The Tatas from the 19th to the 21st Century
R. M. Lala · 1981
The standard group history, repeatedly revised and expanded.
Open Library
Company of AdventurersCompany of Adventurers
T2 Company of Adventurers
Peter C. Newman · 1985
The Hudson's Bay Company: three centuries of chartered corporate power.
Open Library
Creating Modern CapitalismCreating Modern Capitalism
T2 Creating Modern Capitalism
Thomas K. McCraw · 1997
National business systems compared through the firms that defined them.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Nothing Like It in the WorldNothing Like It in the World
T2 Nothing Like It in the World
Stephen E. Ambrose · 2000
Open Library
Coal: A Human HistoryCoal: A Human History
T2 Coal: A Human History
Barbara Freese · 2003
Open Library
The CompanyThe Company
T2 The Company
John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge · 2003
Short history of the limited-liability corporation as a legal invention.
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
Wheels for the WorldWheels for the World
T2 Wheels for the World
Douglas Brinkley · 2003
Company-authorized centennial history with archive access.
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
Judgment of ParisJudgment of Paris
T2 Judgment of Paris
George M. Taber · 2005
The 1976 tasting that repriced New World wine.
Open Library
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the AmerThe People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
T2 The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Steven Watts · 2005
Scholarly biography placing Ford in American cultural history.
Open Library
DynastiesDynasties
T2 Dynasties
David S. Landes · 2006
Rothschilds to Toyodas: what makes family firms last or fail.
Open Library
The Cigarette CenturyThe Cigarette Century
T2 The Cigarette Century
Allan M. Brandt · 2007
The regulatory and litigation environment that set what the tobacco assets were worth.
Open Library
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the WoA Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
T2 A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
William J. Bernstein · 2008
How trade shaped the world, from Mesopotamia to the shipping container
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick CollisonMohnish PabraiNick Szabo
The Billionaire's VinegarThe Billionaire's Vinegar
T2 The Billionaire's Vinegar
Benjamin Wallace · 2008
The Jefferson bottles and the fraud problem in fine wine.
Open Library
Recommended byTim Ferriss
The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small BusThe Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
T2 The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Marc Levinson · 2011
The first everyday-low-price chain, and the political backlash it drew.
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Great Railroad RevolutionThe Great Railroad Revolution
T2 The Great Railroad Revolution
Christian Wolmar · 2012
Open Library
Empire of CottonEmpire of Cotton
T2 Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert · 2014
One commodity chain as the whole story of industrial capitalism.
Open Library
From Main Street to MallFrom Main Street to Mall
T2 From Main Street to Mall
Vicki Howard · 2015
The rise and fall of the American department store, Sears throughout.
Open Library
Capitalism in AmericaCapitalism in America
T2 Capitalism in America
Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge · 2018
A former Fed chairman's economic history of creative destruction.
Open Library
GoliathGoliath
T2 Goliath
Matt Stoller · 2019
A century of American anti-monopoly politics.
Open Library
“He cites it as the well-researched, documented case on monopoly power, calling antitrust a real and studied problem.”David Heinemeier Hansson
Recommended byDavid Heinemeier Hansson
Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of AmPharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
T2 Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
Gerald Posner · 2020
Industry history covering J&J's opioid marketing and its regulatory politics.
Open Library
Tata: The Global Corporation That Built IndiTata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism
T2 Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism
Mircea Raianu · 2021
The first independent scholarly history using company archives.
Open Library
Material WorldMaterial World
T2 Material World
Ed Conway · 2023
Six raw materials that make modern industry work.
Open Library
Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, IndustrStudy in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
T3 Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
Allan Nevins · 1940
The major revisionist defence written against Tarbell.
Open Library
Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears,Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears, Roebuck and Company
T3 Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears, Roebuck and Company
Boris Emmet, John E. Jeuck · 1950
The classic scholarly history of the mail-order and store model.
Open Library
Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
T3 Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
Ralph W. Hidy, Muriel E. Hidy · 1955
The authorised scholarly history of Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Open Library
The Rockefellers: An American DynastyThe Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
T3 The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
Peter Collier, David Horowitz · 1976
The family and trusts that outlived the operating company.
Open Library
Unilever Overseas: The Anatomy of a MultinatUnilever Overseas: The Anatomy of a Multinational 1895-1965
T3 Unilever Overseas: The Anatomy of a Multinational 1895-1965
D. K. Fieldhouse · 1978
How the emerging-market subsidiaries actually worked; Open Library unreachable.
Open Library
Merchant PrincesMerchant Princes
T3 Merchant Princes
Leon Harris · 1979
The families behind America's great department stores.
Open Library
The Thistle and the JadeThe Thistle and the Jade
T3 The Thistle and the Jade
Maggie Keswick · 1982
Jardine Matheson: the hong model of diversified trading conglomerate.
Open Library
The Great Merger Movement in American BusineThe Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904
T3 The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904
Naomi R. Lamoreaux · 1985
Why the first merger wave happened and why most of it disappointed.
Open Library
The Rockefeller CenturyThe Rockefeller Century
T3 The Rockefeller Century
John Ensor Harr, Peter J. Johnson · 1988
Family-archive history of the fortune across three generations.
Open Library
Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House ofFortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
T3 Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
Arthur T. Vanderbilt II · 1989
How the heirs dispersed the fortune; written by a descendant.
Open Library
In the Wake of the Exxon ValdezIn the Wake of the Exxon Valdez
T3 In the Wake of the Exxon Valdez
Art Davidson · 1990
The 1989 spill and Exxon's response, reported from Alaska.
Open Library
Rapid DescentRapid Descent
T3 Rapid Descent
Barbara Sturken Peterson, James Glab · 1994
Open Library
Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial ATurbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation
T3 Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation
T. A. Heppenheimer · 1995
Industry context for the deregulation opening Southwest exploited.
Open Library
TitansTitans
T3 Titans
Peter C. Newman · 1998
The next generation of Canadian owners after the Establishment volumes.
Open Library
Empire ExpressEmpire Express
T3 Empire Express
David Haward Bain · 1999
Open Library
Kodak and the Lens of NostalgiaKodak and the Lens of Nostalgia
T3 Kodak and the Lens of Nostalgia
Nancy Martha West · 2000
How Kodak's advertising taught Americans what to photograph.
Open Library
Henry Ford and the JewsHenry Ford and the Jews
T3 Henry Ford and the Jews
Neil Baldwin · 2001
Open Library merges this record with Albert Lee's 1980 book of the same title.
Open Library
24 Days24 Days
T3 24 Days
Rebecca Smith, John R. Emshwiller · 2003
The two Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the story.
Open Library
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry ClaMeet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership
T3 Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership
Les Standiford · 2005
Narrative of the Frick partnership and Homestead.
Open Library
The TycoonsThe Tycoons
T3 The Tycoons
Charles R. Morris · 2005
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould and Morgan and the economy they built
Open Library
“on how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today”Marc Andreessen
Recommended byMarc Andreessen
The Men Who Loved TrainsThe Men Who Loved Trains
T3 The Men Who Loved Trains
Rush Loving Jr. · 2006
Conrail, deregulation and the industry's return to profit.
Open Library
Taking On the TrustTaking On the Trust
T3 Taking On the Trust
Steve Weinberg · 2008
Dual portrait of Tarbell and Rockefeller and their collision.
Open Library
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. StoYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
T3 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Richard Schickel · 2008
Illustrated studio history tied to the documentary of the same name.
Open Library
The Big RichThe Big Rich
T3 The Big Rich
Bryan Burrough · 2009
The Texas fortunes, including the Hunts before and after the silver trade.
Open Library
UraniumUranium
T3 Uranium
Tom Zoellner · 2009
The rock itself: mining, boom towns and the geopolitics of supply.
Open Library
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global BeaBeauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry
T3 Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry
Geoffrey Jones · 2010
Harvard business historian; sets her brand-building against the whole industry.
Open Library
The Lords of StrategyThe Lords of Strategy
T3 The Lords of Strategy
Walter Kiechel · 2010
How BCG, Bain and McKinsey created the market for strategy itself.
Open Library
The Secret of Chanel No. 5The Secret of Chanel No. 5
T3 The Secret of Chanel No. 5
Tilar J. Mazzeo · 2010
One product's history, including the Wertheimer deal that made the money.
Open Library
Golden HolocaustGolden Holocaust
T3 Golden Holocaust
Robert N. Proctor · 2011
Built from the industry's own litigation document archive.
Open Library
American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance
T3 American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance in the Twentieth Century
Robert E. Gallamore, John R. Meyer · 2014
The economics of Staggers Act deregulation.
Open Library
How Star Wars Conquered the UniverseHow Star Wars Conquered the Universe
T3 How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
Chris Taylor · 2014
Merchandising rights outgrowing the films that created them.
Open Library
Crude Volatility
T3 Crude Volatility
Robert McNally · 2017
Argues price stability always required a swing producer or cartel.
Open Library
Warner Bros: The Making of an American MovieWarner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
T3 Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
David Thomson · 2017
Short critical history of the brothers and the studio style.
Open Library
The Big FourThe Big Four
T3 The Big Four
Ian D. Gow, Stuart Kells · 2018
The accounting oligopoly's economics and conflicts.
Open Library
Disney's LandDisney's Land
T3 Disney's Land
Richard Snow · 2019
The building of Disneyland as a bet-the-company project.
Open Library
Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian EconoMarginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas
T3 Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas
Janek Wasserman · 2019
History of the Vienna school as a network, including its financing and its export to the US.
Open Library
The World for SaleThe World for Sale
T3 The World for Sale
Javier Blas, Jack Farchy · 2021
Glencore, Vitol, Trafigura and Cargill; the definitive book on the trading houses.
Open Library
An Essay on the Principle of PopulationAn Essay on the Principle of Population
T4 An Essay on the Principle of Population
Thomas Robert Malthus · 1798
The original population-versus-resources argument that still frames the debate
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Recent economic changes, and their effect onRecent economic changes, and their effect on the production and distribution of wealth and the well-being of society
T4 Recent economic changes, and their effect on the production and distribution of wealth and the well-being of society
David Ames Wells · 1889
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Great TransformationThe Great Transformation
T4 The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi · 1944
Open Library
Recommended bySatya Nadella
Rise of the Western World: A New Economic HiRise of the Western World: A New Economic History
T4 Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History
Douglass C. 94 North, Robert Paul Thomas · 1973
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
A History of Economic TheoryA History of Economic Theory
T4 A History of Economic Theory
Jurg Niehans · 1989
Open Library
Recommended byEric Weinstein
More Heat Than LightMore Heat Than Light
T4 More Heat Than Light
Philip Mirowski · 1989
How economics borrowed physics metaphors, and what that cost it
Open Library
“there's a wonderful book called More Heat Than Light by a professor named Phil Mirowski, which documents how economists mapped over equations from Newtonian physics”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael MauboussinEric Weinstein
The VanderbiltsThe Vanderbilts
T4 The Vanderbilts
Jerry E. Patterson · 1989
Illustrated family survey.
Open Library
The Power of Commerce: Economy and GovernancThe Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire
T4 The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire
Nancy F. Koehn · 1990
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Great WaveThe Great Wave
T4 The Great Wave
David Hackett Fischer · 1996
Eight centuries of price revolutions and what ended each one.
Open Library
Recommended byBalaji S. SrinivasanRyan Peterson
Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned ConsumerBrand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell
T4 Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell
Nancy F. Koehn · 2001
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
T4 The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
Richard Korman · 2002
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The King Of California: J. G. Boswell and thThe King Of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
T4 The King Of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman · 2003
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
An Empire of WealthAn Empire of Wealth
T4 An Empire of Wealth
John Steele Gordon · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
The Birth of PlentyThe Birth of Plenty
T4 The Birth of Plenty
William J. Bernstein · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiMorgan Housel
The Corporation That Changed the World: How The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
T4 The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
Nick Robins · 2006
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic HistoryA Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
T4 A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
Gregory Clark · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
T4 The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920
Maury Klein · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
T4 The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
Peter T. Leeson · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
American Colossus: The Triumph of CapitalismAmerican Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
T4 American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Henry William Brands · 2010
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
A Great Leap ForwardA Great Leap Forward
T4 A Great Leap Forward
Alexander J. Field · 2011
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Recommended byPatrick CollisonRaoul Pal
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic GeniusGrand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
T4 Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Sylvia Nasar · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining oIron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006
T4 Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006
Terry S. Reynolds, Virginia P. Dawson · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Engines of Change: A History of the AmericanEngines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
T4 Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
Paul Ingrassia · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Land of PromiseLand of Promise
T4 Land of Promise
Michael Lind · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
GDP: A Brief but Affectionate HistoryGDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
T4 GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
Diane Coyle · 2014
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiPatrick Collison
Shadows in the VineyardShadows in the Vineyard
T4 Shadows in the Vineyard
Maximillian Potter · 2014
Extortion at Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.
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Conquest, Tribute and TradeConquest, Tribute and Trade
T4 Conquest, Tribute and Trade
Howard J. Erlichman · 2016
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Recommended byNick Szabo
Americana: A 400-Year History of American CaAmericana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
T4 Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
Bhu Srinivasan · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byChamath Palihapitiya
Ritz and EscoffierRitz and Escoffier
T4 Ritz and Escoffier
Luke Barr · 2018
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Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
An Apology for the Builder
T4 An Apology for the Builder
Nicholas Barbon
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Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Before The Industrial RevolutionBefore The Industrial Revolution
T4 Before The Industrial Revolution
Carlo Cipolla
unverified
Recommended byRyan Peterson
The Dawn of Innovation: The First American I
T4 The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison

Experts 32

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Authors 6

AD
Alfred D. Chandler Jr.wrote 3 books here
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William J. Bernsteinwrote 2 books hereDaniel Yerginwrote 1 book hereVaclav Smilwrote 1 book here
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Charles R. Morriswrote 1 book hereAlan Greenspanwrote 1 book here

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 18 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 10 books herePaul Grahamrecommends 7 books hereBill Gatesrecommends 3 books hereMarc Andreessenrecommends 2 books hereEric Weinsteinrecommends 2 books here
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Nick Szaborecommends 2 books here
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Ryan Petersonrecommends 2 books hereSatya Nadellarecommends 2 books hereCharlie Mungerrecommends 1 book here
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Michael Mauboussinrecommends 1 book here
LL
Li Lurecommends 1 book here
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Morgan Houselrecommends 1 book hereDavid Heinemeier Hanssonrecommends 1 book here
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Andrew Wilkinsonrecommends 1 book here
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Balaji S. Srinivasanrecommends 1 book hereChamath Palihapitiyarecommends 1 book here
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Christopher Bloomstranrecommends 1 book hereEmmett Shearrecommends 1 book hereJamie Dimonrecommends 1 book hereLarry Ellisonrecommends 1 book here
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Patrick O'Shaughnessyrecommends 1 book here
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Raoul Palrecommends 1 book here
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The Barefoot Investorrecommends 1 book hereTim Ferrissrecommends 1 book hereTobi Lütkerecommends 1 book here
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