From Library Journal
Widely held sources such as Marquis's Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Wilson's Biography Index provide ample access to basic biographical information on the 150 American business leaders treated in this tome, but they lack this reference's encyclopedic overview of the transformation of American business since World War II. The 116 biographies (some are family biographies and cover more than one person) describe the careers of movers and shakers selected to illustrate major trends such as the emphasis on marketing, the growth of malls, and the "paper entrepreneurship" of the 1980s. The alphabetically arranged entries range in length from several to about 13 pages and conclude with relatively current bibliographies. Appendixes group individuals by industry, company, place of business, place of birth, and list blacks (7) and women (12). The legions of undergraduate business students will find this contemporary-focus reference a good companion to Ingham's Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders ( LJ 6/15/83) .-James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of Georgia Lib., AthensCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Book News, Inc.
The 116 biographies (some multiple) cover more than 150 individual business leaders, chosen specifically to illustrate major American business trends from 1945 to the present. A substantial introduction details the context, and each biography includes a bibliography. Appendices identify the business leaders by industry, company, location of operations, and birthplace, as well as listing black and women leaders. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Review
. . . Contemporary American Business Leaders will serve a wider audience with its crisply written biographies of leading post-World War II entrepreneurial individuals and families.The Journal of American History

Book Description
". . . includes biographies of 116 people whom the authors considered `historically most significant' from post-World War II to the present. Its introduction is an excellent review of significant happenings in U.S. business. The rise of automobile manufacturing, which spawned service stations that resulted in customized auto repair shops, is one example used to depict the evolution of U.S. industry. . . . This is an important purchase for any public, academic, or corporate library that has a clientele interested in current U.S. business." Reference Books Bulletin

About the Author
JOHN N. INGHAM is a Professor of History at the University of Toronto. LYNNE B. FELDMAN is a freelance researcher and editor.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

". . . includes biographies of 116 people whom the authors considered `historically most significant' from post-World War II to the present. Its introduction is an excellent review of significant happenings in U.S. business. The rise of automobile manufacturing, which spawned service stations that resulted in customized auto repair shops, is one example used to depict the evolution of U.S. industry. . . . This is an important purchase for any public, academic, or corporate library that has a clientele interested in current U.S. business." Reference Books Bulletin

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Widely held sources such as Marquis's Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Wilson's Biography Index provide ample access to basic biographical information on the 150 American business leaders treated in this tome, but they lack this reference's encyclopedic overview of the transformation of American business since World War II. The 116 biographies (some are family biographies and cover more than one person) describe the careers of movers and shakers selected to illustrate major trends such as the emphasis on marketing, the growth of malls, and the ``paper entrepreneurship'' of the 1980s. The alphabetically arranged entries range in length from several to about 13 pages and conclude with relatively current bibliographies. Appendixes group individuals by industry, company, place of business, place of birth, and list blacks (7) and women (12). The legions of undergraduate business students will find this contemporary-focus reference a good companion to Ingham's Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders ( LJ 6/15/83) .--James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of Georgia Lib., Athens

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