TY - BOOK AU - Pegels,C.Carl TI - Prominent Dutch American Entrepreneurs: Their Contributions to American Society, Culture and Economy SN - 9781617355011 AV - HF3023.A2 P44 2011 U1 - 388.092/33931073 PY - 2011/// CY - Charlotte, NC PB - Information Age Publishing, Incorporated KW - Businessmen-United States-Biography KW - Entrepreneurship-United States-History KW - Dutch Americans-Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF BOOK -- DUTCH AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- NEW NETHERLAND AND ITS DIRECTORS -- RENSSELAERSWYCK AND NEW NETHERLAND -- COLONIAL ERA -- CONSTRUCTION OF THE ERIE CANAL -- WATER AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION -- FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS -- AIR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPERS -- SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS -- THREE MIDWEST MANUFACTURERS -- INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION -- TWO MICHIGAN MERCHANDISING FIRMS -- MERCHANDISING, ENTERTAINMENT, REAL ESTATE AND SERVICES -- CONSUMER PRODUCTS INNOVATERS -- INNOVATORS AND DEVELOPERS -- CONTEMPORARY INNOVATORS AND DEVELOPERS -- DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS -- MODERN MUSIC PRODUCERS AND PERFORMERS -- BOOK PUBLISHERS -- HIGHER EDUCATION PROMOTERS -- FOR FURTHER READING UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3315662 ER -