1st Edition

The Manhattan Company Managing a Multi-Unit Corporation in New York, 1799-1842

By Gregory S. Hunter Copyright 1989
358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1989, is a valuable addition to the literature on the study of American business history. Most previous historians, however, have studied the management of business in a vacuum, separating the internal affairs of particular companies from the social and political environments in which corporations existed. From 1799 to 1842 the Manhattan Company had three distinct... Read more

1. Corporations and Banking Before the Manhattan Company  2. The Founding and Charter of the Manhattan Company  3. Managing the Water Works  4. Managing the Bank in New York City  5. Managing the Manhattan Company’s Bank Branches in Utica and Poughkeepsie, 1809-1819  6. Corporate Form and Career Patterns: The People of the Manhattan Company

Biography

Gregory S. Hunter