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Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Lobstergirl - Goodreads

At first glance (the cover, really) I thought this was going to be a book about how markets are imperfect. The invisible hand is a myth; markets really work by manipulation, or government intervention ... Read full review

Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Michael Dobe - Goodreads

Richard R. John "Elaborations, Revisions, Dissents: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. s The Visible Hand after Twenty Years" BHR 71 (Summer 1997): 151-200. Read full review

Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Marks54 - Goodreads

This is a fill in from earlier in my life. I know I began this book in the Fall of 1977 because I can link it to a job I took that year. While I recall liking the book, I didn't realize how much the ... Read full review

Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Sean Chick - Goodreads

Surprisingly well written and argued, this is a great counter-point to many myths about corporations in the Gilded Age. However it is also impersonal. Their are no people in this story, and the fact ... Read full review

Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Ron Davison - Goodreads

Perhaps too detailed for many readers, this book is nonetheless a fabulous read simply because it explains so clearly and persuasively Chandler's claim that after the railroad, from the late 1800s ... Read full review

Review: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

User Review - Letitia - Goodreads

While wordy and somewhat narrowly focused, Chandler really blows open the evolution of the American mega-corporation and the managerial revolution that occurred with the rise of railroad, big business ... Read full review