The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same time, competitive pressures have often nudged respectable firms to embrace deception. As a ...(展开全部)

The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same time, competitive pressures have often nudged respectable firms to embrace deception. As a...(展开全部)

In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history of fraud in America—and the evolving efforts to combat it—from the age of P. T. Barnum through the eras of Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff...(展开全部)

A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. VC tells the riveting story of how the industry arose from the United States’ long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. Venture capital has been driven from the start by the...(展开全部)

An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States--from the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day--written by a celebrated New York University professor and daughter of Cuban immigrants. In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Raul Castro from power have raised urgent questions about the island's political ...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day. At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narr...(展开全部)

汤姆·尼古拉斯（Tom Nicholas）：哈佛大学商学院教授，教授美国商业和经济史，并多次获得哈佛教学方面的奖项以及查尔斯·威廉姆斯优秀教学奖。 在哈佛任教之前，任教于MIT斯隆管理学院和伦敦政治经济学院。

汤姆·尼古拉斯（Tom Nicholas）：哈佛大学商学院教授，教授美国商业和经济史，并多次获得哈佛教学方面的奖项以及查尔斯·威廉姆斯优秀教学奖。 在哈佛任教之前，任教于MIT斯隆管理学院和伦敦政治经济学院。

A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. VC tells the riveting story of how the industry arose from the United States’ long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. Venture capital has been driven from the start by the...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day. At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narr...(展开全部)