International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history. Articles cover inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders, as well as markets, industries, and labor. Topics range from accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos.

Provides an accouting of the history of the U.S. economy. Includes essays; Biography; industry and geographic profiles; and definitions covering key events, movements, businesses and topics concerning this important curricular area. Features entries on concepts and terms, entry-specific list of further reading, more than 200 illustrations, a timeline and chronological table of contents and a general alphabetical index.

This comprehensive compilation of short entries, longer topical essays, and primary source documents chronicles the historical development of the United States from an economic perspective.

Cutting-edge scholarship on the economic, international business, political, legal, and environmental ramifications of globalization.