Colt family values -- The education of Samuel Colt -- Samuel Colt : from industry to American empire -- The Slaters of England and New England -- John Fox and Horatio Nelson Slater : paternalism, philanthropy, and the disciplinary society -- Amos and Abbott Lawrence : philanthropy and politics...

Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses during industrialization -- American, British, and German...

In the 1890s, the Carnegie Veterans Association began as a group of boyhood friends and older Andrew Carnegie steel partners united to share business ideas. It evolved into a powerful secretive network in American business. This chronicle offers a new, more complex perspective on Carnegie...