Table of Contents

Agricultural Services, ESIC 7.0 Agricultural Services, 7.0 by David M. Wishart Forestry, ESIC 8.0 Forestry, 8.0 by K. Peter Harder Metal Mining, ESIC 10.0 Metal Mining, 10.0 by Charles K. Hyde Coal Mining, ESIC 12.0 Bituminous Coal Mining, 12.2 by Jennings B. Marshall Anthracite Coal, 12.3 by David O. Whitten General Building Contractors, ESIC 15.0 Nonresidential Building Construction, 15.4 by Ann Harper Fender Food and Kindred Products, ESIC 20.0 Dairy Products, 20.2 by Harry C. McDean Infant Formula, 20.23 by Irene Powell Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries, ESIC 27.0 Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries, 27.0 by Clair Hoertz Badaracco Chemicals and Allied Products, ESIC 28.0 Soap and Detergent, 28.41 by Paul A. Laux, Emmett H. Miller, and John J. Siegfried Rubber, ESIC 30.0 Rubber, 30.0 by Andrea C. Dragon Primary Metal Industries, ESIC 33.0 Iron and Steel Foundries, 33.2 by Ann Harper Fender Railroad Transportation, ESIC 40.0 Railroad Transportation, 40.0 by Lloyd J. Mercer Local and Suburban Transit and Interurban Highway Passenger Transportation, ESIC 41.0; Local and Suburban Transit, 41.1 by Spiro G. Patton Major Freight Transportation and Warehousing, ESIC 42.0 Public Warehousing, 42.2 by David Mitch Water Transportation, ESIC 44.0 Water Transportation, 44.0 by Timothy E. Sullivan Index

About the Author

DAVID O. WHITTEN is Professor of Economics at Auburn University and Editor of Business Library Review. He is the author of several books and articles and a past president of the Economic and Business Historical Society. BESSIE E. WHITTEN is Editor of Business Library Review, with David Whitten, and coeditor of Manufacturing: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide, also with David Whitten.

Reviews

?The Whittens are well versed in American business history. They provide bibliographical essays and bibliographies in sections covering 16 industries.... Each of the chapters is accompanied by an excellent concise history to the present of the industry's rise to importance in the US.... Recommended for all academic libraries.?-Choice

?With its companion volumes, it is a research tool that will prove useful in many...university libraries....It will prove valuable in your university library if you have students whose research involves these 16 industries and who want some perspectives on the titles they find--however they search.?-Book Reviews

"With its companion volumes, it is a research tool that will prove useful in many...university libraries....It will prove valuable in your university library if you have students whose research involves these 16 industries and who want some perspectives on the titles they find--however they search."-Book Reviews

"The Whittens are well versed in American business history. They provide bibliographical essays and bibliographies in sections covering 16 industries.... Each of the chapters is accompanied by an excellent concise history to the present of the industry's rise to importance in the US.... Recommended for all academic libraries."-Choice