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Northwest Airlines
The First Eighty Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2005
Since flying its first mail flight on October 1, 1926, Northwest Airways, now known as Northwest Airlines, has grown to become one of the world�s leading airlines. Northwest�s legacy of leadership in the aviation industry began with its foundation in the Twin Cities and extended to its pioneering...
The Vanishing American Corporation
Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt...
獨角獸與牠的產地：矽谷新創公司歷險記
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 14, 2017
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The Citizen's Share
Putting Ownership Back into Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America’s early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive capital. This...
Rescuing Prometheus
Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
"A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent." --The Economist
Rescuing Prometheus is an eye-opening and marvelously informative look at some of the technological projects that helped shape the modern world. Thomas P. Hughes focuses on four postwar projects...
From Goodwill to Grunge
A History of Secondhand Styles and Alternative Economies
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
In this surprising new look at how clothing, style, and commerce came together to change American culture, Jennifer Le Zotte examines how secondhand goods sold at thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales came to be both profitable and culturally influential. Initially, selling used goods in the...
Daniels and Fisher
Denver’s Best Place to Shop
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
For 129 years, Daniels and Fisher and May-D&F proudly served the Mile High City. Today, the restored Daniels and Fisher Tower adorns the Sixteenth Street Mall while the I.M. Pei-designed ice-skating rink and hyperbolic paraboloid at May-D&F survive only in memories. The story of these institutions...
Look to Lazarus
The Big Store
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
For more than 150 years, F&R Lazarus & Company was the heart of downtown Columbus. Headed by the "first family of American retailing"? with an eye for flair and a devotion to the customer, this uniquely midwestern institution won the hearts and minds of a community. Look to Lazarus draws on the memories...
by Greg Tasker
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2006
For more than 130 years, there has been no sweeter word in Detroit than Sanders. The venerable confectioner was once as much a part of Detroit�s streetscape as the Big Three, Hudson�s, and Coney Islands. Sanders was more than just an ice-cream and candy shop. A Detroit icon, it served a fountain...
Crowley's
Detroit's Friendly Store
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Operating in the shadow of the enormous J.L. Hudson Co., Crowley's earned Detroit's trade with fine merchandise and good service, all in an atmosphere that made it the Motor City's "friendly" department store. Generations of customers still hold Crowley's close in their memories, fondly recalling...
by Mary Firestone
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2007
Dayton�s department store, grand in scope and company spirit, enjoyed a century in the limelight as one of the nation�s leading retailers. Its disappearance has been a challenge to the community, but it is a sign of the times, as many other urban department stores have shared the same fate. Originally...
by John Oharenko, Homan Arthington Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2006
Located on the site of the original Sears Tower, the historic Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog plant is one of the nation�s most unique landmarks. Representing American ingenuity at its best, Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald combined technology, commerce, and social science with bricks and mortar...
Harzfeld's
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
In 1891, Siegmund Harzfeld and the Parisian Cloak Company introduced a new era of commerce and fashion to the residents of Kansas City. Women no longer needed to make lengthy and expensive appointments with dressmakers to maintain the latest fashion trends; the ready-to-wear movement had begun!Join historians...
by Andrew Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Many of the places that helped make Dayton a center of innovation were lost to history, while others survived and adapted, representing the city's spirit of revitalization. Some of the city's distinctive and significant structures, such as Steele High School and the Callahan Building, were demolished,...