Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Author: Chris Y. KimuraWorld Trade Since 1431
Author: Peter J. HugillPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801851261
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In 1431 the Portuguese navigator Velho set sail into the Atlantic, establishing a trade route to the Azores and marking the beginning of commerce with the West as we know it today. Equipped with reliable maps and instruments for open-ocean navigation and highly sea-worthy, three-masted, cannon-armed ships, Portugal soon dominated the Atlantic trade routes - until the diffusion of Portuguese technologies to wealthier polities made Holland the eventual successor, owing to its geographic position and its immense commercial fleet.
Encyclopedia of History of American Management
Author: Morgen WitzelPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847144691
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Containing more than 250 entries, this unique and ambitious work traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in North America. Entries range from 600 words to 2500 words and contain concise biographical detail, a critical analysis of the thinkers' doctrines and ideas and a bibliography including the subject's major works and a helpful listing of minor works.
Author: Chris Y. KimuraThe Guinness Book of Aircraft
Author: David MondeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Looks at all aspects of flight from the history, pioneers and early craft of flying, the record makers and breakers of the two world wars and the development of post-war aviation to rocketry and spacecraft.
Seattle's Commercial Aviation 1908-1941
Author: Ed DaviesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738571010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited until 1914 for his first airplane ride. In 1916, he founded the airplane company that put Seattle on the aviation map. Before Boeing, Seattle featured aircraft builders like Eugene Romano, G. T. Takasou, Tom Hamilton, and Herb Munter. Boeing emerged during World War I and, by the beginning of World War II, had become a world leader. In those years, lesser known individuals like Eddie Hubbard, Percy Barnes, Vern Gorst, the Becvar brothers, Elliott Merrill, Jim Galvin, and Lana Kurtzer influenced commercial aviation around Seattle. Drawing on photographs from around the area, Seattle's Commercial Aviation: 1908-1941 illustrates the early days beginning with dirigible flights, recognizes the arrival of commercial airmail and the airlines, salutes the local operators, and marks Seattle's emergence as the aviation gateway to Alaska.
Encyclopedia of American Business History
Author: Charles R. GeisstPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438109873
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.
Ragwings Over The Sacramento River
Author: Allen HerrPublisher: Stansbury Publishing
ISBN: 1935807552
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Historical accounts of the first successful flight in California’s capital city and other notable Northern California flights that followed over three decades, the courageous aviators, and development of long forgotten airports from which they flew. Among them is the story of aviatrix Blanche Stuart Scott’s 1912 flights and Sac Muni female pilots twenty years later. Included is the first accurate history of early ag-flying in the north state revolutionizing the farmers. This is part of a three-book series on Northern California's aviation history 1909-1939.
The Politics of Defense Contracting
Author: Gordon AdamsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000678695
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This is the first systematic study of the relationship between government and defense contractors, examining in detail the political impact of the eight most powerful defense contractors. It details ways in which Boeing, General Dynamics, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Rockwell International, and United Technologies influence government, from their basic contract activity, corporate structure, and research efforts, to their Washington offices, Political Action Committee campaign contributions, hiring of government personnel, and membership on federal advisory committees. Adams concludes with specific recommendations for changes in disclosure requirements that would curb some of the political power corporations can wield. It also suggests specific ways in which the Iron Triangle can be made subject to wider congressional and public scrutiny.
