The second volume in the Handbook of American Business History series, this book offers concise histories of extractive, manufacturing, and service industries as well as extensive bibliographic essays pointing to the leading sources on each industry and bibliographic checklists. Supplementing other bibliographic materials in business history, this volume provides researchers with a much needed path through the vast array of material available in the library and on the Internet. Indicating which resources to check and which to bypass, the book is a guide to a sometimes overwhelming amount of information.Each of the book's chapters provides a concise industry history, beginning with the industry's rise to importance in the U.S. and continuing to the present. The bibliographic essays provide a narrative outline of the leading sources published or made available in archives, libraries, or museum collections since 1971, when Lovett's American Economic and Business History Information Sources was published. Each discussion concludes with a bibliographic checklist of the titles mentioned in the essay as well as other titles. In a rapidly expanding information society, researchers, teachers, and students may be easily overwhelmed by the exhaustive material available in print and electronically. What is useful and what can be ignored is a strategic question, and few know where to begin. This book provides a guide.

Agricultural Services, ESIC 7.0Agricultural Services, 7.0 by David M. WishartForestry, ESIC 8.0Forestry, 8.0 by K. Peter HarderMetal Mining, ESIC 10.0Metal Mining, 10.0 by Charles K. HydeCoal Mining, ESIC 12.0Bituminous Coal Mining, 12.2 by Jennings B. MarshallAnthracite Coal, 12.3 by David O. WhittenGeneral Building Contractors, ESIC 15.0Nonresidential Building Construction, 15.4 by Ann Harper FenderFood and Kindred Products, ESIC 20.0Dairy Products, 20.2 by Harry C. McDeanInfant Formula, 20.23 by Irene PowellPrinting, Publishing, and Allied Industries, ESIC 27.0Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries, 27.0 by Clair Hoertz BadaraccoChemicals and Allied Products, ESIC 28.0Soap and Detergent, 28.41 by Paul A. Laux, Emmett H. Miller, and John J. SiegfriedRubber, ESIC 30.0Rubber, 30.0 by Andrea C. DragonPrimary Metal Industries, ESIC 33.0Iron and Steel Foundries, 33.2 by Ann Harper FenderRailroad Transportation, ESIC 40.0Railroad Transportation, 40.0 by Lloyd J. MercerLocal and Suburban Transit and Interurban Highway Passenger Transportation, ESIC 41.0;Local and Suburban Transit, 41.1 by Spiro G. PattonMajor Freight Transportation and Warehousing, ESIC 42.0Public Warehousing, 42.2 by David MitchWater Transportation, ESIC 44.0Water Transportation, 44.0 by Timothy E. SullivanIndex