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HIST 371 - History of American Business 3 hours

Analysis of American business from the colonial period to the present. The course traces the entrepreneurial adventures of small as well as large firms.  It will focus upon economic processes that created a modern industrial order, wherein corporations assumed a dominant position in the development of the United States. Significant attention will be given to key leaders of the free enterprise system. Cross-listed as MGMT 371 . Prerequisite: junior standing.