Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845-1893

Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845-1893
Author: Joshua D. Wolff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107012287

This work chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from its origins in the helter-skelter ferment of antebellum capitalism to its apogee as the first corporation to monopolize an industry on a national scale. The battles that raged over Western Union's monopoly on nineteenth-century American telecommunications - in Congress, in courts, and in the press - illuminate the fierce tensions over the rising power of corporations after the Civil War and the reshaping of American political economy. The telegraph debate reveals that what we understand as the normative relationship between private capital and public interest is the product of a historical process that was neither inevitable nor uncontested. Western Union's monopoly was not the result of market logic or a managerial revolution, but the conscious creation of entrepreneurs protecting their investments. In the process, these entrepreneurs elevated economic liberalism above traditional republican principles of public interest and helped create a new corporate order.

The Western Union Telegraph Company: Rules, Regulations, and Instructions

The Western Union Telegraph Company: Rules, Regulations, and Instructions
Author: Western Union Telegraph Company
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781016144070

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Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Western Union Telegraph Company
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020562365

This is the annual report of one of the most powerful companies in American history. The Western Union Telegraph Company helped to shape the way that we communicate today, and this report gives us a glimpse into the inner workings of this massive corporation. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

PROPOSED UNION OF THE TELEGRAP

PROPOSED UNION OF THE TELEGRAP
Author: Western Union Telegraph Company
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781373256560

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